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           COLLOQUIUM OF THE COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE CENTER
                              College of Science
                       (CDS Department CSI 898-Sec 001)
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  Quantum Realization of Incoherent and Coherent Negative Refractive 
  Index Materials and Their Relationship to Other Quantum Phenomena

                          Clifford M. Krowne
Microwave Technology Branch, Electronics Science & Technology Division 
           Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC


Abstract


There has been much interest in the last decade, in incoherent and 
coherent addressing of quantum states to effect slow light (SL), 
EIT (electromagnetic induced transparency), and LHM (left-handed materials) 
behavior, using the microscopic properties of materials. There has been a 
going back and forth also between macroscopically or nanoscopically realized 
and quantum mechanically realized SL EIT, and LHMs. This talk will 
give some background for the fundamental physics, optics, and electronics of 
in LHMs, the theoretical analytical and numerical approaches, and the 
applications [1].

[1] C. M. Krowne and Y. Zhang, editors, Physics of Negative Refraction 
and Negative Index Materials: Optical and Electronic Aspects - Diversified 
Approaches and Structures, Springer Material Science Series 98, Springer, 2007.


                        Monday, November 24, 2008
                                  4:30 pm
                     Room 301, Research I, Fairfax Campus

Refreshments will be served at 4:15 PM.
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