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Luneburg lens

A Luneburg lens (original German Lüneburg-Linse) is a spherically symmetric gradient-index lens. A typical Luneburg lens's refractive index n decreases radially from the center to the outer surface. They can be made for use with electromagnetic radiation from visible light to radio waves.

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Luneburg lens

Nodes52
Edges51
Triples33
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.038462
Components1

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has application · 6
Luneburg lens → Cylindrical, In, Luneburg, Luneburg's, These, This
related to External links · 6
Luneburg lens → Animation, Dielectric Antenna, Half Maxwell's Fish-Eye Lens, Maxwell's Fish-Eye Lens, YouTube, YouTubeAnimation
related to Maxwell's fish-eye lens · 6
Luneburg lens → Luneburg, Luneburg's, Maxwell, Maxwell's, The, Within
related to Luneburg's solution · 5
Luneburg lens → Because, Each, Ideally, Luneburg, Within
related to Microwave antenna · 5
Luneburg lens → As, Consequently, In, Luneburg, The
related to Radar reflector · 4
Luneburg lens → Luneburg, Radiation, Removable Luneburg, Unlike
is a · 1
Luneburg lens → focal point for parallel radiation incident on the opposite side

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Luneburg lensis afocal point for parallel radiation incident on the opposite side0.90text
Luneburg lenshas applicationIn0.60section
Luneburg lenshas applicationLuneburg0.60section
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Luneburg lenshas applicationLuneburg's0.60section
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Luneburg lenshas applicationCylindrical0.60section
Luneburg lensrelated to External linksAnimation0.60section
Luneburg lensrelated to External linksDielectric Antenna0.60section
Luneburg lensrelated to External linksYouTubeAnimation0.60section
Luneburg lensrelated to External linksMaxwell's Fish-Eye Lens0.60section
Luneburg lensrelated to External linksHalf Maxwell's Fish-Eye Lens0.60section

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