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Physical Optics

Physical Optics is the branch of optics that treats light as an electromagnetic wave and analyzes phenomena such as interference, diffraction, and polarization that cannot be adequately described by geometric (ray) optics.

54.7K

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Negative Refraction Makes a Perfect Lens

J. B. Pendry · Physical Review Letters · 2000 · 12.1K citations · Full text

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Surface plasmon subwavelength optics

William L. Barnes, Alain Dereux, Thomas W. Ebbesen · Nature · 2003 · 11.6K citations

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Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes

L. Allen, Marco W. Beijersbergen, R. J. C. Spreeuw et al. · Physical Review A · 1992 · 10.3K citations

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Light Propagation with Phase Discontinuities: Generalized Laws of Reflection and Refraction

Patrice Genevet, Mikhail A. Kats, Francesco Aieta et al. · Science · 2011 · 10K citations

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Experimental Verification of a Negative Index of Refraction

R. A. Shelby, David R. Smith, S. Schultz · Science · 2001 · 9.2K citations

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Authors

84.3K

  1. AB
    Anjan Biswas

    King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

    338 publications · 16.6K citations

    68

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  2. AA
    Andrea Alù

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    127 publications · 16.6K citations

    67

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  3. YS
    Yuri S. Kivshar

    Australian National University, Australia

    163 publications · 17.8K citations

    67

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  4. TJ
    Tie Jun Cui

    Southeast University, China

    156 publications · 16.7K citations

    65

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  5. CQ
    Cheng‐Wei Qiu

    National University of Singapore, Singapore

    115 publications · 15.7K citations

    65

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Institutions

7.6K

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    134 h-index

    4.9K publications

    299.9K citations

  2. University of Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    125 h-index

    1.6K publications

    137.3K citations

  3. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    103 h-index

    1.3K publications

    105.2K citations

  4. University of Central Florida

    Orlando, United States

    100 h-index

    1.1K publications

    166.5K citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    99 h-index

    1K publications

    110.4K citations

  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    95 h-index

    1.1K publications

    107.2K citations

  7. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    88 h-index

    728 publications

    70.7K citations

  8. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    88 h-index

    864 publications

    102.8K citations

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  1. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 1.2K publications · 219.7K citations

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  2. Optics Letters

    3.1K publications · 172.8K citations

    163

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  3. Applied Optics

    3.5K publications · 162K citations

    153

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  4. Optics Express

    3.5K publications · 162.7K citations

    142

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  5. Journal of the Optical Society of America A

    2.3K publications · 111.6K citations

    140

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