Shadrivov, Ilya V.Sukhorukov, AndreyKivshar, Yuri2015-10-132015-10-130003-6951http://hdl.handle.net/1885/15901We analyze transmission of a layered photonic structure (a one-dimensional photonic crystal) consisting of alternating slabs of two materials with positive and negative refractive index. For the periodic structure with zero averaged refractive index, we demonstrate a number of unique properties of the beam transmission observed in strong beam modification and reshaping.http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0003-6951..."Publishers version/PDF may be used on author's personal website, institutional website or institutional repository" from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 13/10/15). Copyright 2003 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Applied Physics Letters and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1579849Keywords: Composite materials; Laplace transforms; Light transmission; Photons; Refractive index; Photonic crystals; Crystals2003-06-0210.1063/1.15798492015-12-12