Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 12:34PM
Drew Wolfe

Bending Light the 'Wrong" Way

 

Bending light the 'wrong' way

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have tried this with sophisticated meta-materials, but at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) it has now been done with simple metals; materials with a negative refractive index bend light the "wrong" way.

 

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