<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><h1 class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.173;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445294444662_15279"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445294444662_15843">Rich, Chip, John W, Martin et al</font></h1><h1 class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.173;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445294444662_15279"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445294444662_15730">I've wondered if the photon or quanta within the confines of an electron could really travel at FTL velocities. </font></h1><h1 class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.173;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445294444662_15279"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445294444662_15885">Indeed, one of the parametric models Richard has proposed does fit known experiments to date. </font></h1><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445294444662_15900"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445294444662_15899"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445294444662_15898">So here is an interesting tool for experimentalists: an o</font><span style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); letter-spacing: -0.5px;">n-chip zero-index metamaterial.</span></div><h1 class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 1.173;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445294444662_15279"><font size="3"> </font><a href="http://www.nature.com/nphoton/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nphoton.2015.198.html" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445294444662_15318"><font size="3" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445294444662_15685">http://www.nature.com/nphoton/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nphoton.2015.198.html</font></a></h1><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445294444662_15317" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445294444662_15374" class=""><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445294444662_15512" size="3">"This novel on-chip metamaterial platform opens the door to exploring the physics of zero index and its applications in integrated optics."</font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445294444662_15317" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><font size="3"><br></font></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445294444662_15317" dir="ltr">Best</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445294444662_15317" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1445294444662_15317" dir="ltr">David</div></div></body></html>