John Pendry(1943)
NanotechnologySir John Brian Pendry, is an English theoretical physicist known for his research into metamaterials and creation of the first practical "Invisibility Cloak". He is a professor of theoretical solid state physics at Imperial College London where he was head of the department of physics (1998–2001) and principal of the faculty of physical sciences (2001–2002). He is an honorary fellow of Downing College, Cambridge, and an IEEE fellow.
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Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation countRoadmap on Nonlocality in Photonic Materials and Metamaterials
Quantum electrodynamics of time-varying gratings
Optical response of hyperbolic metamaterials with adsorbed nanoparticle arrays.
All-angle reflectionless negative refraction with ideal photonic Weyl metamaterials
Recent Publications
View all worksRoadmap on Nonlocality in Photonic Materials and Metamaterials
Traveling Wave Amplification in Stationary Gratings.
Air conditioning for photons
Quantum electrodynamics of time-varying gratings
Photonic Nanomaterials are Lighting the Way
Optical response of hyperbolic metamaterials with adsorbed nanoparticle arrays.
All-angle reflectionless negative refraction with ideal photonic Weyl metamaterials
Career History
President and Vice-Chancellor
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, HK
Ernest Kuh Endowed Chair Professor
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, US
Director
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, US
Education
University of California, Berkeley
Ph. D.
Mechanical Engineering
1996
University of Minnesota
M. S.
1992
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