Ray-optics cloaking devices for large objects in incoherent natural light

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Chen, Hongsheng ^a,b   Zheng, Bin ^a,b   Shen, Lian ^a,b   Wang, Huaping ^c   Zhang, Xianmin ^b   Zheludev, Nikolay I ^d,e   Zhang, Baile ^e,f  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Marvell Technology Group Boston   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^f NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EYE; FELID; FISH; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; POLARIZATION;

AMBIENT AIR; ANISOTROPY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; EYE; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; POLARIZATION; RAY OPTICS; REFRACTION INDEX; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; CATS; FISHES; LIGHT; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84886680640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3652     Document Type: Article

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