Observation of the reversed Cherenkov radiation

Reversed Cherenkov radiation has not been observed due to the absence of suitable all-metal left-handed materials for beam transport and suitable couplers for extracting the signal. Here, Duanet al. develop a metamaterial to observe reversed Cherenkov radiation using real charged particles.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhaoyun Duan, Xianfeng Tang, Zhanliang Wang, Yabin Zhang, Xiaodong Chen, Min Chen, Yubin Gong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14901