Broadband surface-wave transformation cloak

Abstract

Guiding surface electromagnetic waves around disorder without disturbing the wave amplitude or phase is in great demand for modern photonic and plasmonic devices. In this work, we introduce a class of cloaks capable of remarkable broadband surface electromagnetic waves guidance around ultrasharp corners and bumps with no perceptible changes in amplitude and phase. This work provides strong support for the application of transformation optics to plasmonic circuits and could pave the way for high-performance, large-scale integrated photonic circuits.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jun 08, 2015
Source ID
10.1073/pnas.1508777112

Entities

People

  • Baile Zhang
  • Faxin Yu
  • Handong Sun
  • Hanhong Gao
  • Hongsheng Chen
  • Hongyi Xu
  • John D. Joannopoulos
  • Marin Soljačić
  • Su Xu
  • Yuyu Jiang

Organizations

  • Army Research Office
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Ministry of Education
  • Nanyang Technological University
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University
  • Zhejiang University

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Fields of Study

  • Physics

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