Zero Index Metamaterial (IMAGE)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Zero Index Metamaterial

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In this zero-index material -- made of silicon pillar arrays embedded in a polymer matrix and clad in gold film -- there is no phase advance. Instead zero-index material creates a constant phase, stretching out in infinitely long wavelengths.

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Peter Allen, Harvard SEAS

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