Developing momentum in vanishing index photonics

Nathaniel Kinsey

doi:10.1038/s41377-022-00846-0

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- Developing momentum in vanishing index photonics
- Developing momentum in vanishing index photonics
- Light: Science & Applications 2022年11卷第8期页码：1633-1634
- Affiliations：
  
  Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23284, USA
- Author bio：
  
  Nathaniel Kinsey (nkinsey@vcu.edu)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-022-00846-0
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- 纸质出版日期：2022-08-31，
  
  网络出版日期：2022-05-20，
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Nathaniel Kinsey. Developing momentum in vanishing index photonics[J]. Light: Science & Applications, 2022,11(8):1633-1634.

Kinsey, N. Developing momentum in vanishing index photonics. Light: Science & Applications, 11, 1633-1634 (2022).
Nathaniel Kinsey. Developing momentum in vanishing index photonics[J]. Light: Science & Applications, 2022,11(8):1633-1634. DOI： 10.1038/s41377-022-00846-0.

Kinsey, N. Developing momentum in vanishing index photonics. Light: Science & Applications, 11, 1633-1634 (2022). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-022-00846-0.

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Abstract

Refractive index invariably describes the speed at which light passes through materials

and subsequently its perceived momentum. But what happens to these quantities as the index becomes zero? A new work explores this question

highlighting how momentum in near-zero-index materials affects linear optical processes.

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