Caustics due to Negative Refractive Index in Circular Graphene p-n Junctions

Abstract

We show that the wavefunctions form caustics in circular graphene p-n junctions which in the framework of geometrical optics can be interpreted with negative refractive index.

4 pages, 5 figures

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