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Advanced Photonics, Volume. 1, Issue 1, 014001(2019)

Transformation optics from macroscopic to nanoscale regimes: a review

Jingjing Zhang1, John B. Pendry2、*, and Yu Luo1、*
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  • 1Nanyang Technological University, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Singapore
  • 2Imperial College London, Blackett Laboratory, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
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    Category: Reviews

    Received: Nov. 11, 2018

    Accepted: Dec. 6, 2018

    Published Online: Feb. 18, 2019

    The Author Email: Pendry John B. (j.pendry@imperial.ac.uk), Luo Yu (luoyu@ntu.edu.sg)

    DOI:10.1117/1.AP.1.1.014001

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