Controlling light propagation: a brief review
Abstract
Recent results by Hoffman et al. showed that it is possible to build a Negative Refractive Material (NIM) by interleaving InGaAs/AlInAs using current nanofabrication technologies. Their findings provide the first experimental proof of a negative refractive semiconductor long posited by transformation optics. In this paper an overview on semiconductor refractive index theory and negative refraction is presented, focusing on the results of Hoffman et al. and the future of the subject based on the theory of Transformation Optics and its importance to tailor materials electrodynamics properties.
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