Smith obtained his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in 1988 and 1994. In 2000, as a postdoctoral fellow working in the laboratory of Professor Sheldon Schultz at UCSD, Smith and his colleagues discovered the first material that exhibited a negative index of refraction.[1][2]
For his research in mematerials, Smith, along with four European researchers, was awarded the Descartes Prize in 2005, the European Union's top prize for collaborative research.[3] He is known also as the first person to create a functioning cloak of invisibility that renders an object invisible in microwave wavelengths.[4][5][6] Although the cloaking device had limited ability to conceal an object from light of a single microwave wavelength, the experiment was an initial demonstration of the potential of metamaterials, constructed composite materials with unusual optical properties, to behave in unique ways because of both their structural properties.[5]
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david, smith, physicist, david, smith, american, physicist, professor, electrical, computer, engineering, duke, university, north, carolina, smith, research, focuses, electromagnetic, metamaterials, materials, with, negative, index, refraction, smith, obtained. David R Smith is an American physicist and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Duke University in North Carolina Smith s research focuses on electromagnetic metamaterials or materials with a negative index of refraction Smith obtained his B Sc and Ph D in physics from the University of California San Diego UCSD in 1988 and 1994 In 2000 as a postdoctoral fellow working in the laboratory of Professor Sheldon Schultz at UCSD Smith and his colleagues discovered the first material that exhibited a negative index of refraction 1 2 For his research in mematerials Smith along with four European researchers was awarded the Descartes Prize in 2005 the European Union s top prize for collaborative research 3 He is known also as the first person to create a functioning cloak of invisibility that renders an object invisible in microwave wavelengths 4 5 6 Although the cloaking device had limited ability to conceal an object from light of a single microwave wavelength the experiment was an initial demonstration of the potential of metamaterials constructed composite materials with unusual optical properties to behave in unique ways because of both their structural properties 5 In 2009 Reuters news service listed Smith in the Clarivate Citation laureates in Physics which considers potential candidates for the Nobel Prize in Physics 7 References edit Shelby R A Smith D R Schultz S 2001 Experimental verification of a negative index of refraction Science 292 5514 77 79 Bibcode 2001Sci 292 77S CiteSeerX 10 1 1 119 1617 doi 10 1126 science 1058847 JSTOR 3082888 PMID 11292865 S2CID 9321456 Pendry John B 2004 Negative Refraction PDF Contemporary Physics 45 3 191 202 Bibcode 2004ConPh 45 191P doi 10 1080 00107510410001667434 S2CID 218544892 Archived from the original PDF on 2011 07 17 Retrieved 2009 08 26 David R Smith Shares Descartes Award for Material that Reverses Lights Properties 2005 12 02 Retrieved 2009 10 16 Hapgood Fred 2009 03 10 Metamaterial Revolution The New Science of Making Anything Disappear Retrieved 2009 10 10 a b Silverman Jacob 2007 06 25 HowStuffWorks Is it possible to make a cloaking device retrieved 2009 10 16 Theoretical Blueprint For Invisibility Cloak Reported 2006 05 25 Retrieved 2009 10 16 Thomson Reuters Predicts Nobel Laureates 2009 09 24 Archived from the original on 2012 09 13 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David R Smith physicist amp oldid 1180905418, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
