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Based on transformation optics‎, ‎we propose an illusion device that can make‎ ‎objects look much smaller and different than they actually are‎. ‎In particular‎, ‎the device has a capability to hide a large object (like an elephant) into a‎ ‎small one (like a matchbox)‎. ‎Compared to previous proposals for illusion‎ ‎devices‎, ‎there is no requirement for negative refractive index or for spee...

In 1854 J. C. Maxwell devised his fish-eye lens a sphere with a radially diminishing refractive index [*1. The optical characteristics of this lens, which can produce aperfect image of an object, as the computer plot above suggests, are fairly easy to calculate analytically. This is not generally the case with optical elements of varying refractive index as used today for data transmission. The...

This feature issue of Applied Optics contains a series of selected papers reflecting recent progress of correlation optics and showing, in part, the trend from micro-optics to nano-optics.