Non-reciprocal geometric wave diode by engineering Asymmetric shapes of nonlinear materials

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Li, Nianbei ^a   Ren, Jie ^b,c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84906810271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06228     Document Type: Article

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