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arxiv: physics/0509036 · v2 · submitted 2005-09-05 · ⚛️ physics.optics · cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Perfect antireflection via negative refraction

classification ⚛️ physics.optics cond-mat.mtrl-sci
keywords actionmaterialsmultilayerslabsallowsantireflectioncancelledconfirm
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We suggest a geometrical framework to discuss the action of slabs of negatively refracting materials. We show that these slabs generate the same orbits as normal materials, but traced out in opposite directions. This property allows us to confirm that the action of any lossless multilayer can be optically cancelled by putting it together with the multilayer constructed as the inverted mirror image, with $\epsilon$ and $\mu$ reversed in sign.

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