Broadband electromagnetic cloaking of long cylindrical objects

Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Sep 4;103(10):103905. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.103905. Epub 2009 Sep 3.

Abstract

Electromagnetic cloaks are devices that make objects undetectable for probing with electromagnetic waves. The known realizations of transformational-optics cloaks require materials with exotic electromagnetic properties and offer only limited performance in narrow frequency bands. Here, we demonstrate a wideband and low-loss cloak whose operation is not based on the use of exotic electromagnetic materials, which are inevitably dispersive and lossy. Instead, we use a simple structure made of metal layers. In this Letter, we present an experimental demonstration of cloaking for microwaves and simulation results for cloaking in the visible range.