Lorentz invariant materials and metamaterials
Optics
2025-06-27 v1 Applied Physics
Abstract
We show that electromagnetic constitutive relations of materials, defined by a scalar permittivity, , and permeability, , are the same for all inertial observers provided that is satisfied. To highlight the practical power of our general result, we discuss schemes in which this property plays a significant role, such as Fresnel-Fizeau optical drag or modified Snell's law for moving dielectrics. We also proof that such a particular behavior can be extended to systems like uniaxial anisotropic media or negative refractive index metamaterials.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2506.20784,
title = {Lorentz invariant materials and metamaterials},
author = {Jon Lasa-Alonso and Gabriel Molina-Terriza},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.20784},
year = {2025}
}