Left-handed material

Left-handed materials are materials that have simultaneously negative permittivity and negative permeability. Sometimes, these materials are also designated by the terms doubly negative material or negative index material.

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The term "left-handed material" was coined by a prediction of Russian theorist V. G. Veselago in 1968. It is a reference to the right-hand rule of electromagnetism.

See also

• Chirality