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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, ε\varepsilon, and permeability, μ\mu, are the same for all inertial observers provided that εμ=1\varepsilon\mu = 1 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.

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@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}
}
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