Educational simulations of spectral color dispersion in negative index prisms

Abstract Using a free, open‐source ray‐tracing program, photorealistic spectral images have been created to show how several prisms would appear in the real world if they were made with materials that negative index of refraction (metamaterials). The aim this work is provide students visual interpretation atypical behavior negative‐index and look at dispersion visible range such prisms, resulting educationally valuable outcomes.