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Uniform Refraction in Negative Refractive Index Materials

Optics 2023-07-19 v1

Abstract

We study the problem of constructing an optical surface separating two homogeneous, isotropic media, one of which has a negative refractive index. In doing so, we develop a vector form of Snell's law, which is used to study surfaces possessing a certain uniform refraction property, both in the near and far field cases. In the near field problem, unlike the case when both materials have positive refractive index, we show that the resulting surfaces can be neither convex nor concave.

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@article{arxiv.1501.03109,
  title  = {Uniform Refraction in Negative Refractive Index Materials},
  author = {Cristian E. Gutierrez and Eric Stachura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.03109},
  year   = {2023}
}

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29 pages, 5 figures

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