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Smith Selected as Citation Laureate

Thu - 24 September

David R. Smith, along with Sir John Pendry from Imperial College and Sheldon Schultz from U. C. San Diego, have been selected among the twenty-five "Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates" for 2009. The Citation Laureates are recognized for their contribution to the advancement of science. Since 2002, 15 Citation Laureates have gone on to win Nobel Prizes. The Citation Laureates typically rank among the top one-tenth of one percent of researchers in their fields, based on citations of their published papers over the last two or three decades. View the physics laureates here.

Lens Flattening

5 September 2009

Transformation optics can be used to compress the profile of a lens
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Cover of Applied Physics Letters

11 May 2009

Transformation of electromagnetic sources may aid antenna design
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Dan Roberts awarded Hertz Fellowship

11 May 2009

Dan Roberts, a Duke undergraduate, receives the Hertz Fellowship
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Metamaterials

New opportunities with metamaterials

Metamaterials are artificial materials with unusual electromagnetic properties
Plasmonics

Guiding light with surface plasmons

Metals can offer surprising benefits for guiding and steering light
Composites

Multifunctional and smart composites

Advanced functionality can be integrated into load-bearing composites
Transform

Controlling light by bending space

Transformation optics is a new means of designing unique electromagnetic structures
Refract

Bending light backwards

Metamaterials can be constructed to have a negative index of refraction
Center

Duke Center for Metamaterials

Latest research results and activities from the Center for Metamaterials and Integrated Plasmonics