Direct evidence of negative refraction at media with negative εand μ

2002/11/15 by Didier Felbacq, Felbacq, Didier
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #cond-mat.mes-hall

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0211333

submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett

arxiv created 2002/11/15 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

We analyze wave scattering by an interface between a positive refractive index medium and a Left-Handed Material. We show that the negative refraction effect can be deduced directly from Maxwell equations, without references to causality or losses.

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