Uniform Refraction in Negative Refractive Index Materials

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...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Gutierrez, Cristian E, Stachura, Eric
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 13.01.2015
Subjects
Isotropic media
Physics - Optics
Refraction
Refractivity
Snells law
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1501.03109