Light: Science & Applications (Apr 2022)

Momentum considerations inside near-zero index materials

  • Michaël Lobet,
  • Iñigo Liberal,
  • Larissa Vertchenko,
  • Andrei V. Lavrinenko,
  • Nader Engheta,
  • Eric Mazur

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-022-00790-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Light momentum inside near-zero refractive index materials is analyzed using Abraham–Minkowski discussion. It explains the absence of fundamental radiative processes, of diffraction patterns or Doppler effect inside such materials.