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The electromagnetic properties of materials determine the way of light–matter interaction. Traditional engineering optics (i.e., EO 1.0) relies on the natural occurring materials whose electromagnetic properties are greatly restricted by the molecules or atoms. When combined with traditional laws of reflection and refraction, the optical systems are often complex and bulky to perform a special function. Distinct from EO 1.0, the material basis of EO 2.0 not only includes the natural occurring materials but also recently emerging artificial materials, whose physical properties are engineered by assembling microscopic and nanoscopic structures in unusual combinations. In this chapter, the commonly used natural materials and some unique metamaterials, e.g., negative-index metamaterials, near-zero index metamaterials, ultra-high index metamaterials, and hyperbolic metamaterials are introduced.
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Luo, X. (2019). Material Basis. In: Engineering Optics 2.0. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5755-8_3
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