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Catenary Optics

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Authors:
  1. Xiangang Luo

    1. State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-fabrication and Micro-engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China

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  • Offers in-depth examination of the history, theory, and engineering applications of the catenary function
  • Reveals the deep linking between mechanics and optics with more than 100 figures
  • Provides a comprehensive overview of the optical properties of catenary function

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Xiangang Luo
    Pages 1-40

  3. Spin-Controlled Beam Shaping with Catenary Subwavelength Structures

    • Xiangang Luo
    Pages 41-92

  4. Catenary Structures for Spin-Dependent Coupling of Waveguide Modes

    • Xiangang Luo
    Pages 93-116

  5. Catenary Plasmons for Sub-diffraction-Limited Imaging and Nanolithography

    • Xiangang Luo
    Pages 117-171

  6. Catenary Plasmons for Flat Lensing, Beam Deflecting, and Shaping

    • Xiangang Luo
    Pages 173-228

  7. Beam Shaping via Microscopic Meta-surface-wave

    • Xiangang Luo
    Pages 229-272

  8. Catenary Optical Fields and Dispersion for Perfect Absorption of Light

    • Xiangang Luo
    Pages 273-321

  9. Catenary Optical Fields for Thermal Emission Engineering

    • Xiangang Luo
    Pages 323-354

  10. From Catenary Optics to Engineering Optics 2.0

    • Xiangang Luo
    Pages 355-376

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 377-419
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About this book

This book offers the first comprehensive introduction to the optical properties of the catenary function, and includes more than 200 figures. Related topics addressed here include the photonic spin Hall effect in inhomogeneous anisotropic materials, coupling of evanescent waves in complex structures, etc. After familiarizing readers with these new physical phenomena, the book highlights their applications in plasmonic nanolithography, flat optical elements, perfect electromagnetic absorbers and polarization converters. The book will appeal to a wide range of readers: while researchers will find new inspirations for historical studies combining mechanics, mathematics, and optics, students will gain a wealth of multidisciplinary knowledge required in many related areas. In fact, the catenary function was deemed to be a “true mathematical and mechanical form” in architecture by Robert Hooke in the 1670s. The discovery of the mathematical form of catenaries is attributed to Gottfried Leibniz, Christiaan Huygens and Johann Bernoulli in 1691. As the founders of wave optics, however, Hooke and Huygens did not recognize the importance of catenaries in optics. It is only in recent decades that the link between catenaries and optics has been established.



Authors and Affiliations

  • State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-fabrication and Micro-engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China

    Xiangang Luo

About the author

Prof. Xiangang Luo is currently director of the State Key Lab of Optical Technologies on Nano-fabrication and Micro-engineering (SKLOTNM), and president of the Institute of Optics and Electronics (IOE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). His research interests include micro/nano-optics, plasmonics, metamaterials, sub-wavelength electromagnetics and catenary optics. He has published more than 300 scientific papers and holds 100 patents in optics and related fields. He is a fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Optical Society of America (OSA), Chinese Optical Society (COS), and International Academy of Photonics and Laser Engineering (IAPLE).

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