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On metallic gratings coated conformally with isotropic negative-phase-velocity materials

Optics 2009-11-13 v1 Classical Physics

Abstract

Application of the differential method (also called the C method) to plane-wave diffraction by a perfectly conducting, sinusoidally corrugated metallic grating coated with a linear, homogeneous, isotropic, lossless dielectric-magnetic material shows that coating materials with negative index of refraction may deliver enhanced maximum nonspecular reflection efficiencies in comparison to coating materials with positive index of refraction.

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@article{arxiv.0710.5777,
  title  = {On metallic gratings coated conformally with isotropic negative-phase-velocity materials},
  author = {Marina E. Inchaussandague and Akhlesh Lakhtakia and Ricardo A. Depine},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.5777},
  year   = {2009}
}