DOI: 10.1126/science.1096796. Metamaterials and Negative Refractive Index

Metamaterials and Negative Refractive Index

10.1126/science.1096796

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Abstract

Recently, artificially constructed metamaterials have become of considerable interest, because these materials can exhibit electromagnetic characteristics unlike those of any conventional materials. Artificial magnetism and negative refractive index are two specific types of behavior that have been demonstrated over the past few years, illustrating the new physics and new applications possible when we expand our view as to what constitutes a material. In this review, we describe recent advances in metamaterials research and discuss the potential that these materials may hold for realizing new and seemingly exotic electromagnetic phenomena.

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Smith, D. R., Pendry, J. B., & Wiltshire, M. C. K. (2004). Metamaterials and Negative Refractive Index. Science, 305(5685), 788â792.

Authors 3

D. R. Smith (first)
J. B. Pendry (additional)
M. C. K. Wiltshire (additional)

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J.B.P. thanks the European Commission (EC) under project FP6-NMP4-CT-2003-505699 for financial support. D.R.S. also acknowledges support from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) (DAAD19-00-1-0525) and D.R.S. and J.B.P. received support from DARPA/Office of Naval Research Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative grant N00014-01-1-0803. Additionally J.B.P. acknowledges support from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and M.C.K.W. from the EC Information Societies Technology (IST) program Development and Analysis of Left-Handed Materials (DALHM) project number IST-2001-35511.

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Issued	21 years ago (Aug. 6, 2004)
Published	21 years ago (Aug. 6, 2004)
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@article{Smith_2004, title={Metamaterials and Negative Refractive Index}, volume={305}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1096796}, DOI={10.1126/science.1096796}, number={5685}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Smith, D. R. and Pendry, J. B. and Wiltshire, M. C. K.}, year={2004}, month=aug, pages={788–792} }

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