# Symmetry in optics and photonics: a group theory approach

@article{RodriguezLara2017SymmetryIO,
title={Symmetry in optics and photonics: a group theory approach},
author={B. M. Rodr'iguez-Lara and Ramy El-Ganainy and Julio Guerrero},
journal={arXiv: Optics},
year={2017}
}
• Published 23 December 2017
• Physics
• arXiv: Optics
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