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Composite Medium with Simultaneously Negative Permeability and Permittivity

D. R. Smith, Willie J. Padilla, D. C. Vier, S. C. Nemat-Nasser, and S. Schultz
Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4184 – Published 1 May 2000
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Abstract

We demonstrate a composite medium, based on a periodic array of interspaced conducting nonmagnetic split ring resonators and continuous wires, that exhibits a frequency region in the microwave regime with simultaneously negative values of effective permeability μeff(ω) and permittivity ɛeff(ω). This structure forms a “left-handed” medium, for which it has been predicted that such phenomena as the Doppler effect, Cherenkov radiation, and even Snell's law are inverted. It is now possible through microwave experiments to test for these effects using this new metamaterial.

  • Received 2 December 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.4184

©2000 American Physical Society

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The Physical Review Journals Celebrate The International Year of Light

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2008 marked PRL’s 50th anniversary. As part of the celebrations a collection of milestone Letters was started. The collection contains Letters that have made long-lived contributions to physics, either by announcing significant discoveries, or by initiating new areas of research.

Authors & Affiliations

D. R. Smith*, Willie J. Padilla, D. C. Vier, S. C. Nemat-Nasser, and S. Schultz

  • Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0319

  • *To whom all correspondence should be addressed. Electronic address: drs@sdss.ucsd.edu

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Vol. 84, Iss. 18 — 1 May 2000

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