Thin metamaterial Luneburg lens for surface waves

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Dockrey, J A ^a   Lockyear, M J ^a   Berry, S J ^a   Horsley, S A R ^a   Sambles, J R ^a   Hibbins, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84875720915     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.125137     Document Type: Article

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