Experimental verification of three-dimensional plasmonic cloaking in free-space.

Autor: Rainwater, D., Kerkhoff, A., Melin, K., Soric, J. C., Moreno, G., Alù, A.
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Zdroj: New Journal of Physics; Jan2012, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p1-13, 13p
Abstrakt: We report the experimental verification of metamaterial cloaking for a 3D object in free space. We apply the plasmonic cloaking technique, based on scattering cancellation, to suppress microwave scattering from a finite-length dielectric cylinder. We verify that scattering suppression is obtained all around the object in the near- and far-field and for different incidence angles, validating our measurements with analytical results and full-wave simulations. Our near-field and far-field measurements confirm that realistic and robust plasmonic metamaterial cloaks may be realized for elongated 3D objects with moderate transverse cross-section at microwave frequencies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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