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Hyperbolic metasurfaces have recently emerged as a new research frontier because of the unprecedented capabilities to manipulate surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) and many potential applications.

Refraction is the bending of light when it goes from one medium to another so, when a ray of light passes through a glass prism, refraction of light occurs both, when it enters the prism as well as ...

On August 19th, what appeared to be ‘seven suns’ appeared during the sunset. This phenomenon is caused by the refraction and dispersion of sunlight through ice crystals in the clouds.

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