Metamaterials

thumb|upright=1.2|Negative-index metamaterial array configuration, which was constructed of copper [[split-ring resonators and wires mounted on interlocking sheets of fiberglass circuit board. The total array consists of 3×20×20 unit cells with overall dimensions of .]]

periodic optical nanostructure affecting the motion of photons in much the same way as ionic lattices affect electrons in solids

oscillating electric and/or magnetic field that does not propagate as an electromagnetic wave but whose energy is spatially concentrated in the vicinity of the source

thumb|260px|A Hybrid plasmonic waveguide|plasmonic waveguide design to facilitate [[negative refraction in visible spectrum]] Plasmonics or nanoplasmonics refers to the generation, detection, and manipulation of signals at optical frequencies along metal-dielectric interfaces in the nanometer scale. Inspired by photonics, plasmonics follows the trend of miniaturizing optical devices (see also nanophotonics), and finds applications in sensing, microscopy, optical communications, and bio-photonics.

frequency dispersion applied to sound and seismic waves

metamaterials whose refractive index for an electromagnetic wave has a negative value over some frequency range

electromagnetic waves that travel along an interface

type of material

A superlens, or super lens, is a lens which uses metamaterials to go beyond the diffraction limit. The diffraction limit is a feature of conventional lenses and microscopes that limits the fineness of their resolution depending on the illumination wavelength and the numerical aperture (NA) of the objective lens. Many lens designs have been proposed that go beyond the diffraction limit in some way, but constraints and obstacles face each of them.

any thin, repetitive surface designed to reflect, transmit or absorb electromagnetic fields based on the frequency of the field

a resonator

electromagnetic property induced by some exotic optical materials