Multiband Omnidirectional Invisibility Cloak

Abstract: Transformation optics (TO) provides a powerful tool to manipulate electromagnetic waves, enabling the design of invisibility cloaks, which can render objects invisible. Despite many years of research, however, invisibility cloaks experimentally realized thus far can only operate at a single frequency. The narrow bandwidth significantly restricts the practical applications of invisibility cloaks and other TO devices. Here, a general design strategy is proposed to realize a multiband anisotropic metamaterial characterized by two principal permittivity components, i.e., one infinite and the other spatially gradient. Through a proper transformation and combination of such metamaterials, an omnidirectional invisibility cloak is experimentally implemented, which is impedance‐matched to free space at multiple frequencies. Both far‐field numerical simulations and near‐field experimental mappings confirm that this cloak can successfully suppress scattering from multiple large‐scale objects simultaneously at 5 and 10 GHz. The design strategy and corresponding practical realization bring multiband transformation optical devices one step closer to reality.

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Multiband Omnidirectional Invisibility Cloak ; day:20 ; month:05 ; year:2024 ; extent:8
Advanced science ; (20.05.2024) (gesamt 8)

Creator
Hu, Xiaojun
Luo, Yu
Wang, Jie
Tang, Jingxin
Gao, Yuan
Ren, Jianhua
Yu, Huilong
Zhang, Jingjing
Ye, Dexin

DOI
10.1002/advs.202401295
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2405211407513.081997066092
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Hu, Xiaojun
  • Luo, Yu
  • Wang, Jie
  • Tang, Jingxin
  • Gao, Yuan
  • Ren, Jianhua
  • Yu, Huilong
  • Zhang, Jingjing
  • Ye, Dexin

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