Reflection and refraction of light from metasurfaces with phase discontinuities

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Aieta, Francesco ^a,b   Kabiri, Ali ^a   Genevet, Patrice ^a,c   Yu, Nanfang ^a   Kats, Mikhail A ^a   Gaburro, Zeno ^a,d   Capasso, Federico ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

antenna; metasurface; out of plane; phase discontinuities; plasmonics; refraction

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; PLASMONICS;

CRITICAL ANGLES; INCIDENT LIGHT BEAMS; LIGHT-BENDING; METASURFACE; OUT-OF PLANE; PHASE-DISCONTINUITIES; REFLECTION AND REFRACTIONS; REFRACTIVE LENS;

REFRACTION;

EID: 84877798736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JNP.6.063532     Document Type: Article

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