Dr. Alberto Favaro

Current position

Condensed Matter Theory Group
Imperial College London

Research interests

» List of publications

Talks and conference contributions

Light propagation in bianisotropic media: wave surfaces with 16 singular points
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Electromagnetic media with no Fresnel (dispersion) equation and novel jump (boundary) conditions.
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» Abstract
- 3rd GIF Workshop, Bremen, June 17–20 (2013).
Electromagnetic Media with no Dispersion Equation.
- URSI-EMTS 2013, Hiroshima, May 20–24 (2013).
Fresnel versus Kummer surfaces: geometrical optics in dispersionless linear (meta)materials and vacuum.
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» Abstract
- Workshop on “Electromagnetic Spacetimes”, Wolfgang Pauli Institute, Vienna, November 19–23 (2012).
Covariant methodology in transformation acoustics.
- Meeting for the conclusion of the European Space Agency’s Ariadna project 11-1301a, ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands, September 11 (2012).
Pre-metric electrodynamics, electric-magnetic duality & closure relations.
- 2nd GIF Workshop, Jerusalem, February 19–24 (2012).
Electromagnetism is still fundamental science.
- Photonics Seminar, Imperial College, London, May 5 (2011).
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Skewonless media with no birefringence.
- 475th Heraeus Seminar, Bad Honnef, March 21 (2011).
Negative index of refraction, perfect lenses and transformation optics – some words of caution.
- URSI-EMTS 2010, Berlin, August 18 (2010).
Coordinate-free Negative Phase Velocity (NPV).
- META’10, Cairo, February 24 (2010).