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Transformation optics with photonic band gap media.

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Urzhumov, YA; Smith, DR
Published in: Physical review letters
October 2010

We introduce a class of optical media based on adiabatically modulated, dielectric-only, and potentially extremely low-loss, photonic crystals (PC). The media we describe represent a generalization of the eikonal limit of transformation optics (TO). The basis of the concept is the possibility to fit some equal frequency surfaces of certain PCs with elliptic surfaces, allowing them to mimic the dispersion relation of light in anisotropic effective media. PC cloaks and other TO devices operating at visible wavelengths can be constructed from optically transparent substances such as glasses, whose attenuation coefficient can be as small as 10 dB/km, suggesting the TO design methodology can be applied to the development of optical devices not limited by the losses inherent to metal-based, passive metamaterials.

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Physical review letters

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1079-7114

ISSN

0031-9007

Publication Date

October 2010

Volume

105

Issue

16

Start / End Page

163901

Related Subject Headings

  • General Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 09 Engineering
  • 02 Physical Sciences
  • 01 Mathematical Sciences
 

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Urzhumov, Y. A., & Smith, D. R. (2010). Transformation optics with photonic band gap media. Physical Review Letters, 105(16), 163901. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.105.163901
Urzhumov, Yaroslav A., and David R. Smith. “Transformation optics with photonic band gap media.Physical Review Letters 105, no. 16 (October 2010): 163901. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.105.163901.
Urzhumov YA, Smith DR. Transformation optics with photonic band gap media. Physical review letters. 2010 Oct;105(16):163901.
Urzhumov, Yaroslav A., and David R. Smith. “Transformation optics with photonic band gap media.Physical Review Letters, vol. 105, no. 16, Oct. 2010, p. 163901. Epmc, doi:10.1103/physrevlett.105.163901.
Urzhumov YA, Smith DR. Transformation optics with photonic band gap media. Physical review letters. 2010 Oct;105(16):163901.

Published In

Physical review letters

DOI

EISSN

1079-7114

ISSN

0031-9007

Publication Date

October 2010

Volume

105

Issue

16

Start / End Page

163901

Related Subject Headings

  • General Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 09 Engineering
  • 02 Physical Sciences
  • 01 Mathematical Sciences