We present a transformation optics approach for molding the light flow at the deep-subwavelength scale, using metamaterials with uniquely designed dispersion. By conformal transformation of the electromagnetic space, we develop a methodology for realizing subwavelength ray optics with curved ray trajectories. This enables deep-subwavelength-scale beams to flow through two- or three-dimensional ...

We show that the Plebanski based approach to transformation optics overlooks some subtleties in the electrodynamics of moving dielectrics that restricts its applicability to a certain class of transformations. An alternative, completely covariant, approach is developed that is more generally applicable and provides a clearer picture of transformation optics.

Abstract Transformation optics has formulated a versatile framework to mold the flow of light and tailor its spatial characteristics at will. Despite huge success in bringing scientific fiction (such as invisibility cloaking) into reality, coordinate transformation often yields extreme material parameters unfeasible even with metamaterials. Here, we demonstrate new paradigm based upon invarianc...

We introduce new design method for 3D isotropic transformation optics device using smart transformation optics. In 2 dimension smart transformation optics, elastic deformation satisfied quasi-conformal transformation with negative Poisson’s ratio -1. We extended smart transformation optics to 3 dimension and demonstrated 3D isotropic metamaterials waveguide. This 3D waveguide is arbitrary benda...

We propose and demonstrate efficiently molding surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) based on transformation optics. SPPs are surface modes of electromagnetic waves tightly bound at metal-dielectric interfaces, which allow us to scale optics beyond the diffraction limit. Taking advantage of transformation optics, here we show that the propagation of SPPs can be manipulated in a prescribed manner by...

A mathematical model is presented in the present study to control‎ ‎the light propagation in an inhomogeneous media‎. ‎The method is ‎based on the identification of the optimal materials distribution‎ ‎in the media such that the trajectories of light rays follow the‎ ‎desired path‎. ‎The problem is formulated as a distributed parameter ‎identification problem and it is solved by a numerical met...

The unique superiority of transformation optics devices designed from coordinate transformation is their capability of recovering both ray trajectory and optical path length in light manipulation. However, very few experiments have been done so far to verify this dual-recovery property from viewpoints of both ray trajectory and optical path length simultaneously. The experimental difficulties a...