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Indefinite Optical Cavity IFC

Caption: Indefinite optical cavities feature a hyperboloid iso-frequency contour that supports ultrahigh optical refractive indices. This cross-section shows the IFC (bronze curves) for a silver/germanium metamaterial with yellow circles representing cavity wave vectors and the green circle representing the light cone of air.

Credit: Courtesy of Xiang Zhang group

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