Description
Space–time transformations as a design tool for a new class of composite materials (metamaterials) have proved successful recently. The concept is based on the fact that metamaterials can mimic a transformed but empty space. Light rays follow trajectories according to Fermat’s principle in this transformed electromagnetic, acoustic, or elastic space instead of laboratory space. This allows one to manipulate wave behaviors with various exotic characteristics such as (but not limited to) invisibility cloaks.
This book is a collection of works by leading international experts in the fields of electromagnetics, plasmonics, elastodynamics, and diffusion waves. The experimental and theoretical contributions will revolutionize ways to control the propagation of sound, light, and other waves in macroscopic and microscopic scales. The potential applications range from underwater camouflaging and electromagnetic invisibility to enhanced biosensors and protection from harmful physical waves (e.g., tsunamis and earthquakes). This is the first book that deals with transformation physics for all kinds of waves in one volume, covering the newest results from emerging topical subjects such as transformational plasmonics and thermodynamics.
Table of Contents
Transformation Optics
Ulf Leonhardt
Conformal Mapping in Transformation Optics
Kan Yao and Yongmin Liu
Quasiconformal Transformation Media and Their Electrostatic Analogy
Jensen Li, Fu Liu, Zheng Chang, and Gengkai Hu
Control of Electromagnetic Flux in Inhomogeneous Anisotropic Media
Jie Luo, Yun Lai, and C. T. Chan
Transmission-Line Metamaterials for Surface-to-Leaky-Wave Transformation
Chung-Tse Michael Wu, Pai-Yen Chen, and Tatsuo Itoh
Metasurfaces for Extreme Light Manipulation and Wave Control
Nasim Mohammadi Estakhri and Andrea Al `u
RF/Optical Scattering Manipulation Using Metasurface Coatings and Plasmonic Loadings
Zhi Hao Jiang, Anastasios H. Panaretos, and Douglas H. Werner
Experiments on Cloaking for Surface Water Waves
Sebastien Guenneau, Guillaume Dupont, Stefan Enoch, and Mohamed Farhat
Cloaking for Heat and Mass Diffusion
Sebastien Guenneau, David Petiteau, Myriam Zerrad, Claude Amra, and Tania M. Puvirajesinghe
Experiments on Cloaking in Electromagnetism, Mechanics, and Thermodynamics
Muamer Kadic, Robert Schittny, Tiemo B¨uckmann, and Martin Wegener
Transformation Multiphysics
Massimo Moccia, Giuseppe Castaldi, Salvatore Savo, Yuki Sato, and Vincenzo Galdi
Time Reversal of Linear and Nonlinear Water Waves
A. Chabchoub, A. Maurel, V. Pagneux, P. Petitjeans, A. Przadka, and M. Fink
