Experimental demonstration of a light-ray-direction-flipping METATOY based on confocal lenticular arrays
arXiv:0902.3192 · doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2009.07.035
Abstract
We show, theoretically and experimentally, that a sheet formed by two confocal lenticular arrays can flip one component of the local light-ray direction. Ray-optically, such a sheet is equivalent to a Dove-prism sheet, an example of a METATOY (metamaterial for light rays), a structure that changes the direction of transmitted light rays in a way that cannot be performed perfectly wave-optically.
5 pages, 6 figures
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