On the refractive index for a nonmagnetic two–component medium: resolution of a controversy

نویسندگان

  • Joseph B. Geddes
  • Tom G. Mackay
  • Akhlesh Lakhtakia
چکیده

The refractive index of a dielectric medium comprising both passive and inverted components in its permittivity was determined using two methods: (i) in the time domain, a finite–difference algorithm to compute the frequency–domain reflectance from reflection data for a pulsed plane wave that is normally incident on a dielectric half–space, and (ii) in the frequency domain, the deflection of an obliquely incident Gaussian beam on transmission through a dielectric slab. The dielectric medium was found to be an active medium with a negative real part for its refractive index. Thereby, a recent controversy in the scientific literature was resolved.

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تاریخ انتشار 2008