Three-dimensional broadband ground-plane cloak made of metamaterials

Hui Feng Ma and Tie Jun Cui ()
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Hui Feng Ma: State Key Laboratory of Millimetre Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University
Tie Jun Cui: State Key Laboratory of Millimetre Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University

Nature Communications, 2010, vol. 1, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: Abstract Since invisibility cloaks were first suggested by transformation optics theory, there has been much work on the theoretical analysis and design of various types and a few experimental verifications at microwave and optical frequencies within two-dimensional limits. Here, we realize the first practical implementation of a fully 3D broadband and low-loss ground-plane cloak at microwave frequencies. The cloak, realized by drilling inhomogeneous holes in multi-layered dielectric plates, can conceal a 3D object located under a curved conducting plane from all viewing angles by imitating the reflection of a flat conducting plane. We also designed and realized, using non-resonant metamaterials, a high-gain lens antenna that can produce narrow-beam plane waves in the near-field region in a broad frequency band. The antenna constitutes the transmitter of the measurement system and is essential for the measurement of cloaking behaviour.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1023

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