Towards Printable Natural Dielectric Cloaks via Inverse Scattering Techniques

Abstract The synthesis of non-magnetic 2D dielectric cloaks as proper solutions of an inverse scattering problem is addressed in this paper. Adopting the relevant integral formulation governing the scattering phenomena, analytic and numerical approaches are exploited to provide new insights on how f...

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Autores principales: Loreto Di Donato, Tommaso Isernia, Giuseppe Labate, Ladislau Matekovits
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:05bb054eaaf6403d824662a51215097e2021-12-02T16:08:23ZTowards Printable Natural Dielectric Cloaks via Inverse Scattering Techniques10.1038/s41598-017-03749-y2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/05bb054eaaf6403d824662a51215097e2017-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03749-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The synthesis of non-magnetic 2D dielectric cloaks as proper solutions of an inverse scattering problem is addressed in this paper. Adopting the relevant integral formulation governing the scattering phenomena, analytic and numerical approaches are exploited to provide new insights on how frequency and direction of arrival of the incoming wave may influence the cloaking mechanism in terms of permittivity distribution within the cover region. In quasi-static (subwavelength) regime a solution is analytically derived in terms of homogeneous artificial dielectric cover with ε < ε 0, which is found to be a necessary and sufficient condition for achieving omnidirectional cloaking. On the other hand, beyond quasi-static regime, the cloaking problem is addressed as an optimization task looking for only natural dielectric coatings with ε > ε 0 able to hide the object for a given number of directions of the incident field. Simulated results confirm the validity of both analytic and numerical methodologies and allow to estimate effective bandwidths both in terms of frequency range and direction of arrival of the impinging field.Loreto Di DonatoTommaso IserniaGiuseppe LabateLadislau MatekovitsNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)
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Loreto Di Donato
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Giuseppe Labate
Ladislau Matekovits
Towards Printable Natural Dielectric Cloaks via Inverse Scattering Techniques
description Abstract The synthesis of non-magnetic 2D dielectric cloaks as proper solutions of an inverse scattering problem is addressed in this paper. Adopting the relevant integral formulation governing the scattering phenomena, analytic and numerical approaches are exploited to provide new insights on how frequency and direction of arrival of the incoming wave may influence the cloaking mechanism in terms of permittivity distribution within the cover region. In quasi-static (subwavelength) regime a solution is analytically derived in terms of homogeneous artificial dielectric cover with ε < ε 0, which is found to be a necessary and sufficient condition for achieving omnidirectional cloaking. On the other hand, beyond quasi-static regime, the cloaking problem is addressed as an optimization task looking for only natural dielectric coatings with ε > ε 0 able to hide the object for a given number of directions of the incident field. Simulated results confirm the validity of both analytic and numerical methodologies and allow to estimate effective bandwidths both in terms of frequency range and direction of arrival of the impinging field.
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author Loreto Di Donato
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Giuseppe Labate
Ladislau Matekovits
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title Towards Printable Natural Dielectric Cloaks via Inverse Scattering Techniques
title_short Towards Printable Natural Dielectric Cloaks via Inverse Scattering Techniques
title_full Towards Printable Natural Dielectric Cloaks via Inverse Scattering Techniques
title_fullStr Towards Printable Natural Dielectric Cloaks via Inverse Scattering Techniques
title_full_unstemmed Towards Printable Natural Dielectric Cloaks via Inverse Scattering Techniques
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