Ulf Leonhardt 2006 New J. Phys. 8 118 doi:10.1088/1367-2630/8/7/118
Notes on conformal invisibility devices
Ulf Leonhardt
Show affiliationsAs a consequence of the wave nature of light, invisibility devices based on isotropic media cannot be perfect. The principal distortions of invisibility are due to reflections and time delays. Reflections can be made exponentially small for devices that are large in comparison with the wavelength of light. Time delays are unavoidable and will result in wave-front dislocations. This paper considers invisibility devices based on optical conformal mapping. The paper shows that the time delays do not depend on the directions and impact parameters of incident light rays, although the refractive-index profile of any conformal invisibility device is necessarily asymmetric. The distortions of images are thus uniform, which reduces the risk of detection. The paper also shows how the ideas of invisibility devices are connected to the transmutation of force, the stereographic projection and Escheresque tilings of the plane.
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Issue 7 (July 2006)
Received 26 May 2006
Published 31 July 2006
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Notes on conformal invisibility devices
Ulf Leonhardt 2006 New J. Phys. 8 118
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