Terahertz mirage: Deflecting terahertz beams in an inhomogeneous artificial dielectric based on a parallel-plate waveguide
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چکیده
The field of metamaterials and the formalism of transformation optics have provided a prescription for constructing artificial dielectrics with unique properties such as light trapping and cloaking. Here, we describe a different approach to creating an inhomogeneous artificial medium, based on waveguide techniques, which does not rely on engineered subwavelengthscale components. We demonstrate a mirage effect in which an object several times larger than the selected wavelength is rendered invisible by bending a beam around it. VC 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4752241]
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