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NEGATIVE-INDEX METAMATERIALS

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REAL <strong>NEGATIVE</strong>-<strong>INDEX</strong> <strong>METAMATERIALS</strong><br />

• No naturally occurring NIM has ever been discovered!<br />

• Can combine two regions to store electrical and magnetic energy into a single cell of<br />

metamaterial<br />

• Inductor-capacitor resonance circuits<br />

• A theoretical curiosity until Smith et al experimentally demonstrated a negative refraction<br />

in the microwave using an array of copper strips and split-ring resonators in 2000<br />

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