Primordial Metamaterials
Abstract
The electromagnetic response of materials serves as the foundation for a broad range of vital applications, including but not limited to imaging, sensing, as well as classical and quantum communications. Here we demonstrate, theoretically and experimentally, a fundamentally new regime of electromagnetic material response originating from inherent material nonlocality, leading to effective ``spooky action at a distance''. We show that by structuring materials on the scale of their inherent nonlocality, it becomes possible to reveal the ``primordial'' nonlocal response of the components and design materials with strong overall nonlocality, easily detectable at room temperatures and in realistic (lossy) materials. Designer primordial nonlocality offers a new dimension in controlling light-matter interactions.
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@article{arxiv.2506.21359,
title = {Primordial Metamaterials},
author = {A. Ware and J. LaMountain and R. C. White and S. R. Bank and E. Narimanov and D. Wasserman and V. A. Podolskiy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.21359},
year = {2025}
}
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11 pages, 7 figures, including supplementary material