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Backward waves moving forward

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The positive aspect of negative refraction is to open new possibilities for squeezing light into tight spaces. Now, a metallic nanostructure pushes all-angle negative refraction into the visible spectrum.

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Figure 1: Positive versus negative refraction.
Figure 2: Plasmonic waveguide structure.

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  1. Martin Wegener, Gunnar Dolling and Stefan Linden are at the DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN), D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany.,

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