Abstract

In this paper, we propose a theory of RHM and LHM materials with the aim of their possible creation in the optical range by analogy with oscillatory processes with wave processes. The basis for signal conversion in radio optics of metamaterials is taken from radiation-induced color centers in potassium-aluminoborate glasses with paramagnetic additions of Fe3+ ions, interacting with color centers of the glass matrix of the 3x and 4x types of coordinated boron [ ] 3 e i Bo #x2212; and [ ] 4 e i Bo + , respectively. A distributed parameter communication system with limited linear spatial dimensions is considered as a radio frequency analogy. In metamaterials located between the transmitter and receiver, the interaction of moving and backward waves is considered.