Copper-wire ‘metamirror’ reflects selectively

Only one wavelength bounces back; others pass through unimpeded

mirror made of copper wire

PICKY MIRROR  A mirror made of copper wire embedded in plastic (left) reflects microwaves with a wavelength of about 60 millimeters. Other light passes right through the mirror.

V.S. Asadchy et al/Physical Review Letters 2015

Mirrors need not be equal-opportunity reflectors.