Performance of a three dimensional transformation-optical-flattened Lüneburg lens

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 13262-13273

  Driscoll, Tom ^a,b   Lipworth, Guy ^a   Hunt, Jack ^a   Landy, Nathan ^a   Kundtz, Nathan ^c   Basov, Dimitri N ^b   Smith, David R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Intellectual Ventures   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CONFORMAL MAPPING; DEGRADATION; DESIGN; GLASS FIBERS; METAMATERIALS;

CO-ORDINATE TRANSFORMATION; DESIGN TRADEOFF; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; TRANSFORMATION OPTICS; WATER JETS;

LENSES;

EID: 84863763620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.013262     Document Type: Article

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