Metamaterials for light rays: ray optics without wave-optical analog in the ray-optics limit

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dc.creatorHamilton, Alasdair C.
dc.creatorCourtial, Johannes
dc.date2008-09-25
dc.date2009-01-27
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:34:16Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:34:16Z
dc.descriptionVolumes of sub-wavelength electromagnetic elements can act like homogeneous materials: metamaterials. In analogy, sheets of optical elements such as prisms can act ray-optically like homogeneous sheet materials. In this sense, such sheets can be considered to be metamaterials for light rays (METATOYs). METATOYs realize new and unusual transformations of the directions of transmitted light rays. We study here, in the ray-optics and scalar-wave limits, the wave-optical analog of such transformations, and we show that such an analog does not always exist. Perhaps, this is the reason why many of the ray-optical possibilities offered by METATOYs have never before been considered.
dc.description10 pages, 3 figures, references updated
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0809.4370
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0809.4370
dc.identifierNew J. Phys. 11 (2009) 013042
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/1367-2630/11/1/013042
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/217369
dc.subjectOptics
dc.titleMetamaterials for light rays: ray optics without wave-optical analog in the ray-optics limit
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