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Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 203901 (2008) [4 pages]

Hiding under the Carpet: A New Strategy for Cloaking

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Jensen Li and J. B. Pendry
Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

Received 10 June 2008; revised 7 August 2008; published 10 November 2008

A new type of cloak is discussed: one that gives all cloaked objects the appearance of a flat conducting sheet. It has the advantage that none of the parameters of the cloak is singular and can in fact be made isotropic. It makes broadband cloaking in the optical frequencies one step closer.

© 2008 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.203901
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.203901
PACS:
42.79.−e, 02.40.−k, 41.20.−q