Departmental Papers (ESE)
Abstract
In this work, we assess theoretically the physical response of metamaterial composite structures that emulate the behavior of negative-permittivity materials in certain relevant setups. The metamaterials under analysis consist of metallic parallel-plate implants embedded in a dielectric host in a two-dimensional geometry. Simple design rules and formulas are presented, fully considering the effect and consequences of excitation of higher-order diffraction modes at the metamaterial-dielectric interface. Following the ideas of transparency and cloaking developed by us [Alù and Engheta, Phys. Rev. E 72, 016623 (2005)], we demonstrate, analytically and numerically, that it is possible in this way to design metamaterial cloaks that significantly reduce the total scattering cross section of a given two-dimensional dielectric obstacle in some frequency band. This effect, which may be realized in a feasible way, may find interesting applications in electromagnetic cloaking, total scattering cross section reduction, and noninvasive probing.
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
March 2007
Keywords
metamaterials, permittivity, dielectric materials, composite material interfaces, light diffraction, transparency
Date Posted: 24 May 2007
This document has been peer reviewed.
Comments
Reprinted from Physical Review E, Volume 75, Article 036603, March 2007, 16 pages.
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.75.036603