History of metamaterials shares a common history with artificial dielectrics in microwave engineering, as it developed just after World War II. However, there are seminal explorations of artificial materials for manipulating electromagnetic waves at the end of the 19th century. The history of metamaterials is essentially a history of developing certain types of manufactured materials, which interact at radio frequency, microwave and later, optical frequencies.
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