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Methods of crystal optics for studying electromagnetic phenomena in metamaterials: Review

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The state of the art of electrodynamics of new composite media—metamaterials—is reviewed. The composites in the form of a periodic lattice of identical elements, which are in essence artificial crystals with characteristic scales of the internal structure from several centimeters to several hundred nanometers are considered. The most important properties of metamaterials and the specific features of propagation of electromagnetic signals in these media are described. Particular attention is paid to the conventional methods of condensed-matter physics, which have found application in the electrodynamics of metamaterials and have provided dynamic development of this new field of science and technology.

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Original Russian Text © M.V. Gorkunov, M.V. Lapine, S.A. Tretyakov, 2006, published in Kristallografiya, 2006, Vol. 51, No. 6, pp. 1117–1132.

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Gorkunov, M.V., Lapine, M.V. & Tretyakov, S.A. Methods of crystal optics for studying electromagnetic phenomena in metamaterials: Review. Crystallogr. Rep. 51, 1048–1062 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063774506060162

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