Anyone who’s ever needed a pair of thick eyeglasses has a firm idea that lenses are the one thing where form follows function. However, BAE Systems and Queen Mary’s School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science in London have put paid to that idea with a flat lens that works like a conventional curved lens, yet without any reduction in bandwidth performance. Using a combination of composite metamaterials and transformational optics for the first time, they have created a lens that's able to bend electromagnetic waves, yet isn't bound by its shape for its function. .. Continue Reading BAE Systems develops a flat lens that acts like it's curved
Section: Electronics
Tags: Antenna, BAE Systems, Communications, Electromagnetic, Lenses, Light,Metamaterials, Queen Mary University of London
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