2002/11/01 by Sergei Tretyakov, Igor Nefedov, Tretyakov, Sergei +9
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Condensed Matter (cond-mat) #Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis #FOS: Physical sciences #Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications #Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics #cond-mat
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0211012
arxiv created 2002/11/01 · openalex publication_date 2002/11/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A model for a chiral material in which both the permittivity and permeability are equal to zero is discussed. Such a material is referred by us as a ``chiral nihility". It is shown that this exotic material can be realized as a mixture of small helical inclusions. Wave solutions and energy in such a medium are analyzed. It is shown that an extraordinary wave in chiral nihility is a backward wave. Wave reflection and refraction on a chiral nihility interface is also considered. It is shown that a linearly polarized wave normally incident onto this interface produces the wave of "standing phase" and the same wave in the case of oblique incidence causes two refracted waves, one of them with an anomalous refraction.