Approaches to achieve broadband optical transformation devices with transmuted singularity

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 124-129

  Ma, Yungui ^a,b   Sun, Fei ^a   Zhang, Yuan ^a   Jin, Yi ^a   Ong, Chongkim ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICS;

MATHEMATICAL APPROACH; NATURAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL BEHAVIOR; OPTICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; RETRO REFLECTION;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA;

EID: 84855395350     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.29.000124     Document Type: Article

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