Concealing arbitrary objects remotely with multi-folded transformation optics

Light, Science & Applications
Bin ZhengHongsheng Chen

Abstract

An invisibility cloak that can hide an arbitrary object external to the cloak itself has not been devised before. In this Letter, we introduce a novel way to design a remote cloaking device that makes any object located at a certain distance invisible. This is accomplished using multi-folded transformation optics to remotely generate a hidden region around the object that no field can penetrate and that does not disturb the far-field scattering electromagnetic field. As a result, any object in the hidden region can stay in position or move freely within that region and remain invisible. Our idea is further extended in order to design a remote illusion optics that can transform any arbitrary object into another one. Unlike other cloaking methods, this method would require no knowledge of the details of the object itself. The proposed multi-folded transformation optics will be crucial in the design of remote devices in a variety of contexts.

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Oct 13, 2018·Advanced Materials·Tiancheng HanCheng-Wei Qiu
Jan 13, 2018·Optics Express·Fei Sun, Sailing He
Jun 8, 2018·Optics Express·Chan WangHuaping Wang
Mar 20, 2019·Light, Science & Applications·Tianhang ChenHongsheng Chen
Aug 3, 2019·The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·Chengfu YangBaojing Hu
Apr 7, 2017·Optics Express·Chao QianHongsheng Chen
Jun 26, 2018·Advanced Science·Bin ZhengHongsheng Chen

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