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Science 8 September 2006:
Vol. 313. no. 5792, pp. 1399 - 1400
DOI: 10.1126/science.1131711
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Perspectives

APPLIED PHYSICS:
Waves on the Horizon

Ping Sheng

Emerging materials can influence the dissipation, dispersion, and refraction of light, producing resonant effects that allow intricate control of electromagnetic waves for new applications.

The author is in the Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China. E-mail: sheng{at}ust.hk

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