Experimental realization of an epsilon-near-zero graded-index metalens at terahertz frequencies

Victor Pacheco-Peña, Nader Engheta, Sergei Kuznetsov, Alexandr Gentselev, and Miguel Beruete Antennas Group-TERALAB, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Campus Arrosadía, 31006 Pamplona, Spain Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk Branch “TDIAM,” Lavrentiev Avenue 2/1, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova Street 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Lavrentiev Avenue 11, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation Institute of Smart Cities, Public University of Navarra, 31006 Pamplona, Spain (Received 10 April 2017; revised manuscript received 8 August 2017; published 29 September 2017)

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