Recent Advances in Transformation Optics

Abstract

Within the past a few years, transformation optics has emerged as a new research area, since it provides a general methodology and design tool for manipulating electromagnetic waves in a prescribed manner. Using transformation optics, researchers have demonstrated a host of striking phenomena and devices; many of which were only thought possible in science fiction. In this paper, we review the most recent advances in transformation optics. We focus on the theory, design, fabrication and characterization of transformation devices such as the carpet cloak, Janus lens and plasmonic cloak at optical frequencies, which allow routing light at the nanoscale. We also provide an outlook of the challenges and future directions in this fascinating area of transformation optics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA565705

Entities

People

  • Xiang Zhang
  • Yongmin Liu

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Dielectrics
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Lasers
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Metamaterials
  • Negative Index Metamaterials
  • Optical Lattices
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Scattering
  • Surface Plasmon Polaritons
  • Tunable Metamaterials
  • Visible Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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