Reflection of electromagnetic waves from the metal-dielectric structures

The actively developing direction associated with the fashion-lation of optical phenomena in the radio is considered. On the one hand it depends on the possibility of creating artificial environments with interesting features (so-called meta-), which can not be realized at the level of the optical phenomena due to the inability to achieve the required scaling relations between the sizes of the structural elements and the radiation wavelength. On the other hand, the construction of real physical models of media allows finer understanding of the mechanisms and features of the interaction of electromagnetic waves with matter. In addition, advances of nanotechnology suggest the possibility of transferring the principles of constructing discrete area of radio systems for the optical wavelength range.