Optical: systems and elements – Lens – With graded refractive index
Reexamination Certificate
2008-08-27
2010-12-07
Dinh, Jack (Department: 2873)
Optical: systems and elements
Lens
With graded refractive index
C385S124000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07848026
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus includes a medium that is a metamaterial over a frequency range. The medium includes a stack of layers or slabs. A mechanical, electrical, or magnetic property of the layers or slabs of the stack varies monotonically between neighboring ones of the layers or slabs.
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Chowdhury Aref
Platzman Philip Moss
Platzman, legal representative Lorraine S.
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
Dinh Jack
McCabe John F.
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