Negatively-refractive focusing and sensing apparatus, methods, and systems
US8164837B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 20, 2008 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 30, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B1/007
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatus, methods, and systems provide negatively-refractive focusing and sensing of electromagnetic energy. In some approaches the negatively-refractive focusing includes providing an interior focusing region with an axial magnification substantially less than one. In some approaches the negatively-refractive focusing includes negatively-refractive focusing with a transformation medium, where the transformation medium may include an artificially-structured material such as a metamaterial.
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