Abstract
Metamaterials, which were discussed at a meeting of the RAS Presidium, are artificially produced or composed media whose properties are determined by parameters of their elements and may be very unusual. Some metamaterials refract or reflect electromagnetic waves (light) in a way that is not available in nature. Others, such as photonic crystals, can stop (lock) electromagnetic waves or transmit them along channels (waveguides) that normally do not propagate such waves. The unique properties of metamaterials and their possible applications are discussed in the article below.
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Original Russian Text © Yu.V. Gulyaev, A.N. Lagar’kov, S.A. Nikitov, 2008, published in Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, 2008, Vol. 78, No. 5, pp. 438–449.
Academician Yurii Vasil’evich Gulyaev is director of the Kotel’nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, RAS. RAS Corresponding Member Andrei Nikolaevich Lagar’kov is director of the RAS Institute of Theoretical and Applied Electrodynamics. RAS Corresponding Member Sergei Apollonovich Nikitov is a deputy director of the Kotel’nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, RAS.
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Gulyaev, Y.V., Lagar’kov, A.N. & Nikitov, S.A. Metamaterials: Basic research and potential applications. Her. Russ. Acad. Sci. 78, 268–278 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331608030143
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