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We investigate the negative refraction effect at a planar interface of a highly absorptive material, where the direct experimental verification is difficult because of the loss-induced skin depth effect. An apparent contradiction occurs when we try to determine the group velocity direction by the method of equifrequency contours (EFCs) in detail. This contradiction forbids any physical solution to...