Removing singular refractive indices with sculpted surfaces

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Horsley, S A R ^a   Hooper, I R ^a   Mitchell Thomas, R C ^b   Quevedo Teruel, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84899797352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04876     Document Type: Article

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