The aim of an invisibility device is to guide light around any object put inside, being able to hide objects from sight. In this work, we propose a novel design of dielectric invisibility media based on negative refraction and optical conformal mapping that seems to create perfect invisibility. This design has some advantages and more relaxed constraints compared with already proposed schemes. In particular, it represents an example where the time delay in a dielectric invisibility device is zero. Furthermore, due to the impedance matching of negatively refracting materials, the reflection should be close to zero. These findings strongly indicate that perfect invisibility with optically isotropic materials is possible. Finally, the area of the invisible space is also discussed.
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March 2008
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March 24 2008
A novel design of dielectric perfect invisibility devices
T. Ochiai;
T. Ochiai
a)
1Faculty of Engineering,
Toyama Prefectural University
, Kurokawa, Imizu-shi, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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U. Leonhardt;
U. Leonhardt
b)
2School of Physics and Astronomy,
University of St. Andrews
, North Haugh, St. Andrews KY16 9SS, Scotland
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J. C. Nacher
J. C. Nacher
c)
3Department of Complex Systems,
Future University-Hakodate
, 116-2 Kamedanakano-cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041-8655, Japan
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Electronic address: [email protected].
b)
Electronic address: [email protected].
c)
Electronic address: [email protected].
J. Math. Phys. 49, 032903 (2008)
Article history
Received:
November 02 2007
Accepted:
February 06 2008
Citation
T. Ochiai, U. Leonhardt, J. C. Nacher; A novel design of dielectric perfect invisibility devices. J. Math. Phys. 1 March 2008; 49 (3): 032903. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2889717
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