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Replying to: A. Reza, M. M. Dignam & S. Hughes Nature 455, 10.1038/nature07359 (2008)
Reza et al.1 have confirmed our calculations and results on storing light inside metamaterial waveguides2. But they claim that losses constitute an “inherent” feature of any “realistic” negative-refraction metamaterial (NR-MM), and that light can never be stopped inside such a material in a practical way. We argue that both of these assertions are incorrect.
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Tsakmakidis, K., Boardman, A. & Hess, O. Tsakmakidis et al. reply. Nature 455, E11–E12 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07360
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