TY - JOUR
T1 - Calculation of permittivity tensors for invisibility devices by effective medium approach in general relativity
AU - Ahn, Doyeol
PY - 2011/5/10
Y1 - 2011/5/10
N2 - Permittivity tensors of arbitrary shaped invisibility devices were obtained using an effective medium approach in general relativity. As special cases, analytical expressions for the permittivity tensors of invisibility cloaks for the elliptic cylinder, prolate spheroid, and the confocal paraboloid geometry are derived. In the case of a elliptic cylinder, it was found that the point of infinite light speed in the electromagnetic space becomes two points in physical space in the zz component of the permittivity tensor. This result is different from the case of a perfect cylinder in which there is a line of cloak at which the speed of light becomes infinite. In the cases of prolate spheroid and confocal paraboloid, the point of infinite light speed in the electromagnetic space becomes a line in physical space for the first two tensor components and the third component of the permittivity tensor becomes singular at the line of cloak.
AB - Permittivity tensors of arbitrary shaped invisibility devices were obtained using an effective medium approach in general relativity. As special cases, analytical expressions for the permittivity tensors of invisibility cloaks for the elliptic cylinder, prolate spheroid, and the confocal paraboloid geometry are derived. In the case of a elliptic cylinder, it was found that the point of infinite light speed in the electromagnetic space becomes two points in physical space in the zz component of the permittivity tensor. This result is different from the case of a perfect cylinder in which there is a line of cloak at which the speed of light becomes infinite. In the cases of prolate spheroid and confocal paraboloid, the point of infinite light speed in the electromagnetic space becomes a line in physical space for the first two tensor components and the third component of the permittivity tensor becomes singular at the line of cloak.
KW - Effective medium
KW - General relativity
KW - Invisibility cloaking
KW - Maxwell's equation
KW - Permittivity tensor
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79956082361&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09500340.2011.568708
DO - 10.1080/09500340.2011.568708
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79956082361
SN - 0950-0340
VL - 58
SP - 700
EP - 710
JO - Journal of Modern Optics
JF - Journal of Modern Optics
IS - 8
ER -