The magical world of metamaterials
Author
Çağlayan, Hümeyra
Özbay, Ekmel
Date
2009Source Title
Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 7366, Photonic Materials, Devices, and Applications III
Print ISSN
0277-786X
Publisher
SPIE
Volume
7366
Pages
1 - 8
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
We review experimental and theoretical studies performed on left-handed metamaterials (LHM). The metamaterials exhibit quiet unusual electromagnetic properties such as negative refraction, negative phase velocity, subwavelength focusing, subwavelength cavities and enhanced transmission.
Keywords
Left-handed metamaterialMetamaterials
Negative refractive index
Superlens
Electromagnetic properties
Enhanced transmission