Transformation optics and cloaking

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 273-286

  McCall, Martin ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cloaking; metamaterials; transformation optics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890786130     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: 13665812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00107514.2013.847678     Document Type: Review

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