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1. The left is sometimes right! : Assume that the imaginary parts of the
dielectricpermittivity aswellasthemagneticpermeability ofamaterial
areapproximatelyzerosothatthequantitiesandarebothreal;further
assume that we are considering a uniform medium for which both these
quantities are negative. Using
Maxwell's equations, show that
for a plane wave, the set of
vectors ( E , H , k ) forms a left
handedsetofvectors.Sketchthe
three vectors in addition to the
Opticsisnotlightwork;itismakinglightwork!