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In recent years, modern engineering optics has entered a new phase termed Engineering Optics 2.0 (EO 2.0) and broken the fundamental limitations of classic optical laws with respect to many aspects of optics. This change is enabled by the rapid development of micro-/nanofabrication and characterization techniques, as well as the advancement of electronic computers and numerical simulation algorithms. In this chapter, we give a detailed introduction of the background and progress of this new area.
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Luo, X. (2019). Introduction to Engineering Optics 2.0. In: Engineering Optics 2.0. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5755-8_1
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