Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QL, United Kingdom.
School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom.
Sci Rep. 2014 May 2;4:4876. doi: 10.1038/srep04876.
The advent of Transformation Optics established the link between geometry and material properties, and has resulted in a degree of control over electromagnetic fields that was previously impossible. For waves confined to a surface it is known that there is a simpler, but related, geometrical equivalence between the surface shape and the refractive index, and here we demonstrate that conventional devices possessing a singularity - that is, the requirement of an infinite refractive index - can be realised for waves confined to an appropriately sculpted surface. In particular, we redesign three singular omnidirectional devices: the Eaton lens, the generalized Maxwell Fish-Eye, and the invisible sphere. Our designs perfectly reproduce the behaviour of these singular devices, and can be achieved with simple isotropic media of low refractive index contrast.
变换光学的出现建立了几何形状和材料性质之间的联系,并在一定程度上实现了对电磁场的控制,而这在以前是不可能的。对于限制在表面的波,已知表面形状和折射率之间存在更简单但相关的几何等效性,在这里我们证明,对于限制在适当塑形表面上的波,可以实现具有奇点的常规器件 - 也就是说,需要无限大折射率的要求。具体来说,我们重新设计了三个奇异全向器件:Eaton 透镜、广义 Maxwell 鱼眼透镜和隐形球。我们的设计完美地再现了这些奇异器件的行为,并且可以通过具有低折射率对比度的简单各向同性介质来实现。