**HQOC/ITAMP Joint Quantum Sciences Seminar** ***Wed, Dec. 4th, 4:00 PM, Jefferson 250*** ****John Pendry, Imperial College London**** Transformation Optics Shapes Metamaterials Metamaterials offer a huge range of new electromagnetic properties: negative refraction, spatial inhomogeneity to name only two. To exploit the possibilities offered in this new world we need a new design tool. Maxwell’s equations are exact at the classical level but lack transparency; Snell’s law is elegantly visual, an aid to the imagination, but fails to account for many vital aspects of electromagnetism. Transformation optics retains an intuitive appeal, replacing the rays of Snell’s law with the field lines of Maxwell whose equations it represents exactly. Student Presentation by Kevin Vora, Mazur Group, “Metamaterials through Nanofabrication on a not-so-nano scale” Student Presentation will begin at 4:00 PM Refreshments will be served from 4:10-4:30 PM Guest Presentation will begin at 4:30 PM Joan Hamilton Faculty Assistant to Profs. Greiner and Lukin HQOC Laboratory Administrator HUCTW Local Union Representative Harvard University Department of Physics 17 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 P: (617) 496-2544 F: (617) 496-2545