Electrodynamics of transformation-based invisibility cloaking

Baile Zhang

doi:10.1038/lsa.2012.32

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Electrodynamics of transformation-based invisibility cloaking

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- Electrodynamics of transformation-based invisibility cloaking
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 1, Issue 1, (2012)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
  2.Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Centre, Singapore 117543, Singapore
- Author bio：
  
  Dr BL Zhang, Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore E-mail: blzhang@ntu.edu.sg
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2012.32
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- Published：2012-03，
  
  Published Online：12 October 2012，
  
  Received：12 May 2012，
  
  Revised：06 July 2012，
  
  Accepted：10 July 2012
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Zhang, B. L. Electrodynamics of transformation-based invisibility cloaking. Light: Science & Applications, 1, e32 (2012).
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Zhang, B. L. Electrodynamics of transformation-based invisibility cloaking. Light: Science & Applications, 1, e32 (2012). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2012.32.

摘要

Abstract

The existing knowledge on the electrodynamics of invisibility cloaking based on transformation optics is reviewed from an integrated science and engineering perspective. Several significant electromagnetic problems that have resulted in intense discussions in the past few years are summarized in terms of propagation

scattering

radiation and fabrication. Finally

the road ahead toward invisibility cloaking and transformation optics is discussed from the viewpoint of the author.

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Keywords

invisibility cloakingmetamaterialstransformation optics

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