Optofluidic waveguide as a transformation optics device for lightwave bending and manipulation

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Yang, Y ^a   Liu, A Q ^a   Chin, L K ^a   Zhang, X M ^b   Tsai, D P ^c   Lin, C L ^a   Lu, C ^b   Wang, G P ^d   Zheludev, N I ^e  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICES; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENGINEERING; LAMINAR FLOW; OPTICS; WAVEFORM;

EID: 84863011383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1662     Document Type: Article

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