Özbay, Ekmel2016-02-082016-02-082012-050277786Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/28179Conference Name: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2012Date of Conference: 1 May 2012The 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).EnglishLeft-handed metamaterialMetamaterialsNegative refractive indexSuperlensPhotonic metamaterialsRefractive indexConference Paper10.1117/12.924808