Open AccessMETAMATERIALS AND TRANSFORMATION OPTICS
Author(s) -
Borivoje Milošević,
Slobodan Obradović
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
contemporary materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1986-8677
pISSN - 1986-8669
DOI - 10.7251/comen1701048m
Subject(s) - metamaterial , transformation optics , transformation (genetics) , photonic metamaterial , refractive index , field (mathematics) , optics , wavelength , optoelectronics , materials science , physics , mathematics , biochemistry , chemistry , pure mathematics , gene
The paper discusses one of the most popular fields in the optical research of materials that has undergone a remarkable transformation. The study of metamaterials gives birth to a whole new scientific field called „transformation optics“ which promises to greatly increase the potential of manufacturing of synthetic nano-optical materials whose structure is located within the sub-wavelengths. Interactions of electric and magnetic field waves with modules of sub-wavelength produce effects that are impossible to get in natural materials, such as negative refractive index, unlimited degree of inertia and so on. Their development has offered an exciting potential to design a completely new type of optical materials.