Title :
A surface cloak using active Huygens sources
Author :
Selvanayagam, Michael ; Eleftheriades, George
Author_Institution :
Edward S. Rogers Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Generating discontinuities in the electromagnetic field can be accomplished by impressing electric and magnetic currents along the boundary of the discontinuity. Here we demonstrate how this idea can be used to develop cloaks and refract plane-waves in an arbitrary fashion. The discontinuity in the field is satisfied by using a surface of discrete orthogonal electric and magnetic dipoles which can be thought of as a Huygens source. We also demonstrate initial results towards implementing these sources for cloaking by showing a planar loop antenna acting as a magnetic dipole.
Keywords :
electric moments; electromagnetic field theory; electromagnetic metamaterials; invisibility cloaks; loop antennas; magnetic moments; planar antennas; active Huygens sources; discontinuity boundary; discrete orthogonal electric dipole surface; discrete orthogonal magnetic dipole surface; electric currents; electromagnetic field; field discontinuity; magnetic currents; planar loop antenna; plane-waves; surface cloak; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Dipole antennas; Electromagnetics; Materials; Optical surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics (METAMATERIALS), 2013 7th International Congress on
Conference_Location :
Talence
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1229-2
DOI :
10.1109/MetaMaterials.2013.6808961