Negative Refraction in Perspective

2005/07/01 by Allan D. Boardman, A. D. Boardman, Neil King +2
Engineering · Materials Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies #Geometry #Mathematics #Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications #Optical and Acousto-Optic Technologies #Optics #Perspective (graphical) #Physics #Refraction #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #physics.optics

paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/02726340590957371

published as Electromagnetics 25 2005

openalex publication_date 2005/07/01 · arxiv created 2005/08/21 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

The concept of negative refraction is attracting a lot of attention. The initial ideas and the misconceptions that have arisen are discussed in sufficient detail to understand the conceptual structure that binds negative refraction to the existence of backward wave and forward wave phenomena. A presentation of the properties of isotropic media supporting backward waves is followed by a discussion of negative phase velocity media, causality, anisotropic crystals, and some connections to photonic crystals. The historical background is always coupled to a detailed presentation of all the issues. The paper is driven numerically and is illustrated with the outcomes of original FDTD simulations.

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