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SUMMARY:Transforming Light with Metamaterials
DESCRIPTION:Featuring David Smith\, Duke University\nHosted by: Richard Ave
	ritt\nPoster: http://physics.bu.edu/posters/2011_Spring/08_Smith.pdf\n\nPar
	t of the Physics Department Colloquia Series.\n\nIn Transformation Optics (
	TO)\, the key tool for optical design is the use of coordinate transformati
	ons. TO is an intuitive means of design media that provide unprecedented co
	ntrol over the propagation of light and other electromagnetic waves. The TO
	 approach\, for example\, was applied by our group to design a metamaterial
	 “invisibility” cloak designed to operate at microwave frequenc
	ies. The types of media that result from TO are inherently complex\, being 
	generally anisotropic and requiring both electric and magnetic response; ho
	wever\, continued investigation has revealed ways to integrate these powerf
	ul concepts in practical optical design approaches. In this talk\, I will d
	escribe some of our work in designing both exotic as well as less-exotic (b
	ut more practical) quasi-optical TO devices\, and will show that artificial
	ly structured metamaterials may be an optimal platform for TO media.
LOCATION:SCI 107\, 590 Commonwealth Avenue\, 02215
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