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Natural hyperbolic materials hold the key to unlocking the full potential of hyperbolic media in nanophotonics. Until now no such materials were available for visible light but recent work finally brings down this roadblock.

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Figure 1: Isofrequency surfaces in momentum space for different media.
Figure 2: Hyperbolic frequency bands in natural materials.

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  1. Evgenii E. Narimanov and Alexander V. Kildishev are in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, USA,

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Narimanov, E., Kildishev, A. Naturally hyperbolic. Nature Photon 9, 214–216 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2015.56

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