Conventional Lattice	MetaMaterials

	Unique artificial composites
	Has unprecedented properties vs. naturally existing materials,
	such as: negative e and m (left-handness), and lattice/symmetry tuning
	Can be engineered via computer aided design (CAD)
	Revolutionary physics concepts and novel applications

Creating Magnetism Without Magnet at High f	Diffraction-free Negative Superlens
Artificial Plasma with Negative e	Localized Magnetic Dipole moment

	Airborne Radars
	Phase Arrays
	Smaller RF devices with Tunable Window at Warships
	Wireless Communications in the Military Missions

	To discover the new physics and establish modeling method
	To develop novel synthesis technologies
	To demonstrate metamaterial -based devices for microwave and photonic applications
	To develop new characterization techniques to measure the physical properties of the meta-materials
	To transfer the technologies to DoD industries and train students in multidisciplinary metamaterials research.

Personnel	Expertise	Affiliations
Xiang Zhang	Metamat’ls synthesis	UC Berkeley
Gang Chen	Metamat’ls synthesis	MIT
Tatsuo Itoh	Microwave electronics	UCLA
Eli Yablonovitch	PBG, optoelectronics	UCLA
John Joannopoulos	Physics, modeling	MIT
Sheldon Schultz David Smith	Physics, characterizations, modeling	UCSD
John Pendry	Physics, modeling	Imperial College