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Hyperbolic Metamaterials

Optics 2015-10-27 v1 Materials Science General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Hyperbolic metamaterials were originally introduced to overcome the diffraction limit of optical imaging. Soon thereafter it was realized that hyperbolic metamaterials demonstrate a number of novel phenomena resulting from the broadband singular behavior of their density of photonic states. These novel phenomena and applications include super resolution imaging, new stealth technologies, enhanced quantum-electrodynamic effects, thermal hyperconductivity, superconductivity, and interesting gravitation theory analogues. Here we briefly review typical material systems, which exhibit hyperbolic behavior and outline important applications of hyperbolic metamaterials.

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@article{arxiv.1510.07137,
  title  = {Hyperbolic Metamaterials},
  author = {Igor I. Smolyaninov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.07137},
  year   = {2015}
}

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70 pages, 19 figures, invited chapter for "A Handbook of Metamaterials and Nanophotonics"

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