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Comment on "Wave Refraction in Negative-Index Media: Always Positive and Very Inhomogeneous"

Condensed Matter 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

In a recent Physical Review Letter [1] Valanju Walser and Valanju (VWV) called into question the basis of work on the so called negative index media (NIM). See for example [2,3]. The key point at issue is, `what is the group velocity of a wave in NIM?'

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0206563,
  title  = {Comment on "Wave Refraction in Negative-Index Media: Always Positive and Very Inhomogeneous"},
  author = {JB Pendry and D. R. Smith},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0206563},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Comment on Phys. Rev. Lett., v. 88, 187401 (2002)