Comment on "Wave Refraction in Negative-Index Media: Always Positive and Very Inhomogeneous"

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28 June 2002

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https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.cond-mat/0206563

Abstract

In a recent Physical Review Letter [1] Valanju Walser and Valanju (VWV) called into question the basis of work on the so called negative index media (NIM). See for example [2,3]. The key point at issue is, `what is the group velocity of a wave in NIM?'

Keywords

NEGATIVE INDEX MEDIA
RECENT PHYSICAL
WAVE REFRACTION
CALLED NEGATIVE
VALANJU WALSER
NIM

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Version 1, 2002-06-28, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review Letters, 90 (2), 029703.