All-dielectric invisibility cloaks made of BaTiO3-loaded polyurethane foam

Di Bao, Khalid Z. Rajab, Yang Hao, Efthymios Kallos, Wenxuan Tang, Christos Argyropoulos, Yongzhe Piao, Shoufeng Yang

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Abstract

Transformation optics has led the way in the development of electromagnetic invisibility cloaks from science fiction to engineering practice. Invisibility cloaks have been demonstrated over a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum, and with a variety of different fabrication techniques. However, all previous schemes have relied on the use of metamaterials consisting of arrays of sub-wavelength inclusions. We report on the first cloaking structure made of a high-K dielectric-loaded foam mixture. A polyurethane foam mixed with different ratios of barium titanate is used to produce the required range of permittivities, and the invisibility cloak is demonstrated to work for all incident angles over a wide range of microwave frequencies. This method will greatly facilitate the development and large-scale manufacture of a wide range of transformation optics-based structures.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number103023
JournalNew Journal of Physics
Volume13
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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