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Negative refraction and focusing of electromagnetic wave through two-dimensional photonic crystals

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The negative refraction of electromagnetic waves in photonic crystals was recently demonstrated experimentally, and the physical properties were analyzed. Microsuperlenses based on two-dimensional photonic crystals were designed and the subwavelength images were observed. In this review, after providing a brief history of the research related to the above phenomena, we will summarize our research works in this field including the method of creating a negative refraction region, generating an absolute negative refraction, the focusing of unpolarized electromagnetic waves, and the effect of interface and disorder on the image by the two-dimensional photonic crystal flat lens. The discussion on the negative refraction and the focusing by high symmetric quasicrystals is also presented.

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Zhang, Xd. Negative refraction and focusing of electromagnetic wave through two-dimensional photonic crystals. Front. Phys. China 1, 396–404 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-006-0040-x

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