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Negative Refractive Index in a Bulk Optical Metamaterial

Jason Valentine, Shuang Zhang, Thomas Zentgraf, Erick Ulin-Avila, Dentcho A. Genov, Guy Bartal, Xiang Zhang

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We report experimental realization of the first bulk optical negative index metamaterial. The index is determined by measuring the refractive angle at the exiting side of a prism, demonstrating negative phase propagation in the metamaterial.

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We report experimental realization of the first bulk optical negative index metamaterial. The index is determined by measuring the refractive angle at the exiting side of a prism, demonstrating negative phase propagation in the metamaterial.

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We report experimental realization of the first bulk optical negative index metamaterial. The index is determined by measuring the refractive angle at the exiting side of a prism, demonstrating negative phase propagation in the metamaterial.

Key concepts: Metamaterial, Refractive index, Negative index metamaterials, Realization (probability), Optics, Prism, Materials science, Step-index profile

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