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Reflection! What reflection?

Nature Photonics volume 1, page 186 (2007)Cite this article

Unwanted reflections can severely limit the performance of optical components. David Gevaux spoke to Fred Schubert from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute about how his nanomaterials with a refractive index almost equal to that of air can help.

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  1. Schubert and his co-workers have a letter on low-refractive-index films on p176 of this issue.

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Gevaux, D. Reflection! What reflection?. Nature Photon 1, 186 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2007.23

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