Three-Dimensional Invisibility Cloak at Optical Wavelengths

被引:1051
作者
Ergin, Tolga [1 ,2 ]
Stenger, Nicolas [1 ,2 ]
Brenner, Patrice [2 ]
Pendry, John B. [3 ]
Wegener, Martin [1 ,2 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Inst Angew Phys, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
[2] Karlsruhe Inst Technol, DFG Ctr Funct Nanostruct, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
[3] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2AZ, England
[4] Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Inst Nanotechnol, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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10.1126/science.1186351
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We have designed and realized a three-dimensional invisibility-cloaking structure operating at optical wavelengths based on transformation optics. Our blueprint uses a woodpile photonic crystal with a tailored polymer filling fraction to hide a bump in a gold reflector. We fabricated structures and controls by direct laser writing and characterized them by simultaneous high-numerical-aperture, far-field optical microscopy and spectroscopy. A cloaking operation with a large bandwidth of unpolarized light from 1.4 to 2.7 micrometers in wavelength is demonstrated for viewing angles up to 60 degrees.
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页码:337 / 339
页数:3
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