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  Novel Semiconductor Structure Bends Light Wrong Way - The Right Direction For Many Apps 

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  An easy-to-produce material made from the stuff of computer chips has the rare ability to bend light in the opposite direction from all naturally occurring materials. The semiconductors that constitute ... the Princeton invention are grown from crystals using common manufacturing techniques, making it less complex, more reliable and easier to produce than other metamaterials. Credit: Keith Drake by Staff Writers Princeton NJ (SPX) Oct 16, 2007 A Princeton-led research team has created an easy-to-produce material from the stuff of computer chips that has the rare ability to bend light in the opposite direction from all naturally occurring materials. This startling property may contribute to significant advances in many areas, including high-speed communications, medical diagnostics and detection of terrorist threats. The new substance is in a relatively new class of materials called "metamaterials," which are made out of traditional substances, such as metals or semiconductors, arranged in   [More...] [Less...]

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  Tags:  communication, metamaterial, negative refraction, princeton, refraction , semiconductor   [More...] [Less...]