Scientists have induced light rays to behave in a way that defies the centuries-old laws of reflection and refraction. The discovery has led to a reformulation of the mathematical laws that predict ...

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Light is often thought to reflect from a flat surface at the same angle at which it is incident. Nature Photonics spoke to Han Woerdman about the observation of angular deviations of reflected beams.

THIS is the first instalment of a work on optics arranged on a somewhat novel plan. The volume treats mainly of the propagation of light in homogeneous media, isotropic or crystalline, and of the laws ...

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