Uniform refraction in negative refractive index materials.
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We study the problem of constructing an optical surface separating two homogeneous, isotropic media, one of which has a negative refractive index. In doing so, we develop a vector form of Snell's law, which is used to study surfaces possessing a certain uniform refraction property, in both the near- and far-field cases. In the near-field problem, unlike the case when both materials have positive refractive indices, we show that the resulting surfaces can be neither convex nor concave.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision
دوره 32 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015