Recent theory predicted a new class of photonic composite materials whose properties are derived by their structure rather than chemical composition, which promises unprecedented electromagnetic properties that do not exist in the nature such as optical magnetism and negative refraction. For example, Superlens’ made of metamaterial which break the fundamental diffraction limit may have profound impact in a wide range of applications such as nano-scale photonics, electronics manufacturing, and biomedical imaging.

I’ll discuss recent progress that demonstrates these new intriguing physical properties. We created the first bulk optical metamaterials that show the negative refractions. We demonstrated the superlens and optical cloak using carefully design of plasmonic materials dispersions. The recent discoveries on new topological symmetry such as Mobius symmetry in metamaterials reveals fundamentally new realm of physical properties that do not occur in nature materials. I will further discuss an array of new technologies based on superlens for nano-scale lithography that may transform the next generation of nano-manufacturing, along with plasmon lasers, a coherent light at molecular scale.