Science meets magic: photonic metamaterials
Author
Özbay, Ekmel
Date
2012-05Source Title
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Print ISSN
0277786X
Publisher
Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
Volume
8423
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
The word "magic" is usually associated with movies, fiction, children stories, etc. but seldom with the natural sciences. Recent advances in metamaterials have changed this notion, in which we can now speak of "almost magical" properties that scientists could only dream about only a decade ago. In this article, we review some of the recent "almost magical" progress in the field of meta-materials. © 2012 Copyright Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).
Keywords
Left-handed metamaterialMetamaterials
Negative refractive index
Superlens
Photonic metamaterials
Refractive index