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On mediums with negative phase velocity: a brief overview

Classical Physics 2015-06-26 v1 Other Condensed Matter General Physics Optics

Abstract

Several issues relating to oppositely directed phase velocity and power flow are reviewed. A necessary condition for the occurrence of this phenomenon in isotropic dielectric-magnetic mediums is presented. Ramifications for aberration-free lenses, homogenization approaches, and complex mediums are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0205027,
  title  = {On mediums with negative phase velocity: a brief overview},
  author = {Akhlesh Lakhtakia and Martin W. McCall and Werner S. Weiglhofer and Jaline Gerardin and Jianwei Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0205027},
  year   = {2015}
}

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7 pages, will be presented at Complex Mediums III (Annual Meeting of SPIE, Seattle, WA, July 7-11, 2002)