Metamaterials: How the subject started

Inhibited Spontaneous Emission in Solid-State Physics and Electronics

Eli Yablonovitch · Physical Review Letters · 1987 · 13.9K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Physics +17

Negative Refraction Makes a Perfect Lens

J. B. Pendry · Physical Review Letters · 2000 · 12.1K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Physics +17

THE ELECTRODYNAMICS OF SUBSTANCES WITH SIMULTANEOUSLY NEGATIVE VALUES OF $\epsilon$ AND μ

Viktor G Veselago · Soviet Physics Uspekhi · 1968 · 11K citations

Natural Sciences, Physics, Electrochemistry +5

Strong localization of photons in certain disordered dielectric superlattices

Sajeev John · Physical Review Letters · 1987 · 9.9K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Physics, Condensed Matter Physics +13

Experimental Verification of a Negative Index of Refraction

R. A. Shelby, David R. Smith, S. Schultz · Science · 2001 · 9.2K citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Physics +16