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Basics

Vessel filled with a superheated transparent liquid

Classical electromagnetism

Branch of theoretical physics that studies consequences of the electromagnetic forces between electric charges and currents

Electromagnetic phenomenon

Physical phenomena associated with the presence and flow of electric charge

Type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by the flow of electric current

Material or object that produces a magnetic field

Class of physical phenomena

Materials engineered to have properties that have not yet been found in nature

Negative-index metamaterial

Metamaterials whose refractive index for an electromagnetic wave has a negative value over some frequency range

Nonlinear metamaterial

Oil drop experiment

Experiment to measure elementary electric charge

Photoelectric effect

Emission of electrons when light hits a material

Photonic metamaterial

Type of electromagnetic metamaterial

Tunable metamaterial