On the prehistory of optical metasurfaces
Résumé
Before the word « metasurface » first appeared, optical elements that were thinner than a wavelength and deflected light in a direction incompatible with Snell’s law already existed. Based on three examples, we review the underlying concepts and their evolution in the past few decades.
Domaines
Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]
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