Caustics due to a negative refractive index in circular graphene p-n junctions

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作者
Cserti, Jozsef [1 ]
Palyi, Andras [1 ]
Peterfalvi, Csaba [1 ]
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[1] Eotvos Lorand Univ, Dept Phys Complex Syst, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.246801
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We show that the wave functions form caustics in circular graphene p-n junctions which in the framework of geometrical optics can be interpreted with a negative refractive index.
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