title: Reply to comment on "Negative refractive index in artificial metamaterials".
abstract: The claims of the preceding Comment [Opt. Lett. 32, 1510 (2007)] are discussed. It is shown that Kildishev misread the previously presented method [Opt. Lett. 31, 2483 (2006)] for determining optical constants of nanostructured films. Reasons for a disagreement of the simulations presented in the Comment are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. sasha@man.ac.uk
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Grigorenko