Engineering and control of metamaterials with negative refraction

该项目将大大扩展澳大利亚对超材料的研究活动，促进这一新领域的发展，旨在解决高优先级问题，并为创造实用的亚波长器件铺平道路。因此，该项目在关键基础研究方面的进展以及在微波和光学器件的大量工程任务中的潜在应用对国家有利。该项目将启动与该领域世界领先专家的合作，为澳大利亚带来重要的专业知识。它将使澳大利亚作为基础研究的主要世界参与者得到更大的接受。

This project will extend significantly the research activity on metamaterials in Australia, promoting this new field and aiming to solve high priority problems and paving the way to creation of practical sub-wavelength devices. This project is therefore of national benefit for its advances in critical fundamental research and for potential applications in a large number of engineering tasks in microwave and optical devices. The project will initialize collaboration with world leading experts in the area, bringing important expertise to Australia. It will provide a greater acceptance of Australia as a major world player in fundamental research.