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Simple, broadband, optical spatial cloaking of very large objects

Optics 2015-06-16 v3

Abstract

We demonstrate three simple cloaking devices that can hide very large spatial objects over the entire visible spectrum using only passive, off-the-shelf optics. The cloaked region for all of the devices exceeds 10^6 mm3 with the largest exceeding 10^8 mm3. Although uni-directional, these cloaks can hide the cloaked object, even if the object is transversely or self-illuminated. Owing to the small usable solid angle, but simple scaling, these cloaks may be of value in hiding small field-of-view objects such as mid- to high-earth orbit satellites.

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@article{arxiv.1306.0863,
  title  = {Simple, broadband, optical spatial cloaking of very large objects},
  author = {John C. Howell and J. Benjamin Howell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.0863},
  year   = {2015}
}
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