Manipulating light at will - Duke metamaterials strike again

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A scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of the frequency-tunable planar metamaterial. An individual unit cell (Image: Nature Photonics)

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A surface metamaterial (Image: University of Essex)

A metamaterial form to induce total absorption of light (Image: Duke University)

A scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of the frequency-tunable planar metamaterial. ...

The metamateral developed by Duke engineers (Image: Duke University)

$A fundamental property of metamaterials is the ability to produce negative refraction$

A scanning electron microscope image of the fabricated structure, developed by UC Berkeley...

The micro are mighty. An array of micron-sized circuits twist in unison to form a metamate...

A schematic of the first 3-D 'fishnet' metamaterial that can achieve a negative index of r...

An optical metamaterial consisting of split rings of gold in a polymer matrix. Electron mi...

Duke University engineers with the new metamaterial (Image: Duke University)

Left-handed metamaterial flat lens consisting of an array of 3 by 20 by 20 unit cells. Wit...

Article Summary

Duke University is on a roll, showing off yet another potentially game-changing property of the exotic man-made substances known as metamaterials. This time the property could have deep consequences for the transmission of information via light. Maybe the most important potential use of all.

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