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| Introduction | |
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| What are Metamaterials? | |
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| Macroscopic Effective Parameters | |
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| References | |
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| Optical Properties of Metal-Dielectric Composites | |
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| Optical Materials and Electronic Structures | |
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| Optical Properties of Dielectric Materials | |
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| Optical Properties of Metals | |
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| Metal-Dielectric Composites and Mixing Rules | |
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| References | |
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| Experimental Techniques and Data Treatment | |
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| Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Optical Metamaterials | |
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| Approaching the Third Dimension | |
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| Characterization of Spectral Properties | |
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| Extraction of Homogenized Optical Parameters | |
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| References | |
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| Electric Metamaterials | |
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| A Brief Overview of Artificial Dielectrics | |
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| Optical Properties of Stratified Metal-Dielectric Composites | |
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| Periodic Array of Metallic Wires | |
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| Semicontinuous Metal Films | |
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| References | |
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| Magnetic Metamaterials | |
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| Negligible Optical Magnetism in Nature | |
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| Split-Ring Resonators | |
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| Optical Magnetic Elements | |
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| Magnetism in the Visible Spectrum | |
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| Analytical Model of Magnetic Nanostrips | |
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| High-Permittivity Route to Artificial Magnetism | |
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| References | |
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| Negative-Index Metamaterials | |
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| A Brief Historical Review | |
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| Reversed Phenomena in Negative-Index Media | |
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| Negative Refraction in Microwave Frequencies | |
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| The Debut of Optical Negative-Index Materials | |
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| General Recipe for Construction | |
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| Alternative Approaches | |
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| References | |
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| Nonlinear Optics with Metamaterials | |
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| Recent Advances of Nonlinear Effects in Metamaterials | |
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| Second-Harmonic Generation and the Manley-Rowe Relations in Negative-Index Materials | |
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| Optical Parametric Amplifications in Negative-index Materials | |
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| References | |
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| Super Resolution with Meta-Lenses | |
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| Perfect Lens with Subwavelength Resolution | |
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| Near-Field Superlens | |
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| "Tunable" Superlens Using Random Composites | |
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| Potential Applications of the Composite Lens | |
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| Far-Field Imaging with Super-Resolution | |
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| References | |
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| Transformation Optics and Electromagnetic Cloak of Invisibility | |
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| Invisibility and Transformation Optics: An Overview | |
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| Cloaking by Coordinate Transformation | |
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| Towards Experimental Demonstrations | |
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| Non-magnetic Optical Cloak | |
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| Cloaking with High-Order Transformations | |
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| Designs for High-Order Optical Cloaking | |
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| Alternative Approaches for Optical Cloaking | |
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| Concluding Remarks on Transformation Optics | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |