Education
And Doctor of Philosophy in physics from the University of California, San Diego (University of California, San Diego) in 1988 and 1994.
And Doctor of Philosophy in physics from the University of California, San Diego (University of California, San Diego) in 1988 and 1994.
Smith"s research focuses on electromagnetic metamaterials, or materials with a negative index of refraction. Smith obtained his Bachelor of Science He is known also as the first person to create a functioning cloak of invisibility that renders an object invisible in microwave wavelengths.
Although the cloaking device had limited ability to conceal an object from light of a single microwave wavelength, the experiment was an initial demonstration of the potential of metamaterials, constructed composite materials with unusual optical properties, to behave in unique ways because of both their chemical and structural properties.
In 2009 Reuters news service listed Smith as a potential Nobel laureate in physics.