Illustration of a Light Bender (IMAGE)

Chalmers University of Technology

Illustration of a Light Bender

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Illustration of a light bender based on the newly proposed technique: light propagates along the surface of an optical chip and flows into a metamaterial layer from the left. Thanks to a specific thickness variation, the light is either bent to the right or allowed to propagate straight through towards the exit of the optical chip without being disrupted.

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Sophie Viaene

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