Manipulating complex light with metamaterials

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zeng, Jinwei ^a   Wang, Xi ^a   Sun, Jingbo ^a   Pandey, Apra ^a   Cartwright, Alexander N ^a   Litchinitser, Natalia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 84885166916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02826     Document Type: Article

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