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Negative-index metamaterial

physical science Maturity 7-9

People made a new kind of stuff.

metarefraction.svg
metarefraction.svg
It can bend light in a funny way. It does not work like glass. This helps us make better tools. It is very cool to see.
Negative refraction.ogv
Negative refraction.ogv
Do you want to see light bend?

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File:Artist's rendition of the new light-bending metamaterial.jpg
Artist's rendition of the new...
File:Split-ring resonator array 10K sq nm.jpg
Split-ring resonator array 10K sq nm.jpg
File:Artificial transmission-line-media.png
Artificial transmission-line-media.png
File:Snells law.svg
Snells law.svg
Negative refraction.ogv
File:metarefraction.svg
metarefraction.svg
File:Left-handed metamaterial array configuration.jpg
Left-handed metamaterial array configuration.jpg
File:Cartesian coordinate system handedness.svg
Cartesian coordinate system handedness.svg
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