kilereflecting
Kilereflecting is a term used to describe a hypothetical or experimental regime in which a surface or material maintains unusually high reflectivity under intense electromagnetic illumination, with particular relevance to high-power laser and microwave fields. The term is not widely standardized; in some discussions it denotes a regime where reflectivity remains high or increases due to nonlinear or plasma effects, rather than decreasing as would be expected from simple damage thresholds.
Origins: The phrase appears in speculative discussions and in some metamaterials literature to characterize energy-handling properties
Mechanisms: Proposed mechanisms include nonlinear optical responses that modify impedance mismatch at high fields, transient plasma
Limitations: Because the term is not standardized, reported results are highly dependent on wavelength, incidence angle,
Applications and status: In theory, kilereflecting could improve high-power optical components and protective coatings, or enable