Bloemer, MarkD’Aguanno, GiuseppeScalora, Michael2020-05-212020-05-212005-12-30Bloemer, Mark; D’Aguanno, Giuseppe; Scalora, Michael; Broadband omnidirectional reflection from negative index materials; Applied Physics Letters 87, 261921 (2005); https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.2151251?journalCode=aplhttps://doi.org/10.1063/1.2151251http://hdl.handle.net/11603/18704We show, by using a dispersion relation with parameters taken from experimental data, that a single layer of a negative index material has omnidirectional reflection properties. In the range between the electric plasma frequency and the magnetic plasma frequency, the refractive index is close to zero and the negative index materials reflect radiation for all angles of incidence and polarization with reflectivities of 99%. In addition, with increasing angles of incidence, the reflecting band does not shift in frequency but actually widens. The operational bandwidth can be 100% or greater by increasing the separation between the electric and magnetic plasma frequencies.4 pagesen-USThis item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.Public Domain Mark 1.0This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.Text