Metamaterials and the mathematical Science of invisibility
Optics
2012-12-24 v1 Classical Physics
Popular Physics
Abstract
In this chapter, we review some recent developments in the field of photonics: cloaking, whereby an object becomes invisible to an observer, and mirages, whereby an object looks like another one (say, of a different shape). Such optical illusions are made possible thanks to the advent of metamaterials, which are new kinds of composites designed using the concept of transformational optics. Theoretical concepts introduced here are illustrated by finite element computations.
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@article{arxiv.1212.5408,
title = {Metamaterials and the mathematical Science of invisibility},
author = {Andre Diatta and Sebastien Guenneau and Andre Nicolet and Frederic Zolla},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.5408},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
This is a book chapter. 22 pages, 7 figures