Wave packet propagation into a negative index medium

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1232-1240

  Huang, Xiaobiao ^a   Schaich, W L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4544364599     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1764560     Document Type: Article

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16. See EPAPS Document No. E-AJPIAS-72-012408 for additional citations and several movie sequences. A direct link to this document may be found in the online article's HTML reference section. The document may also be reached via the EPAPS homepage (http://www.aip.org/pubservs/epaps.html) or from ftp.aip.org in the directory /epaps. See the EPAPS homepage for more information. The movies also are posted at 〈http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~schaich/ajp/ajp. html〉. A Shockwave player is needed to view the videos.
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