• DocumentCode
    3701793
  • Title

    Coordinate invariance in transformation optics

  • Author

    Robert T. Thompson;Mohsen Fathi

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    499
  • Lastpage
    501
  • Abstract
    Transformation optics can involve multiple transformation operations, creating confusion as to the meaning and character of these different transformations. We use an example of cloaking in curved spacetime to elucidate the difference between cloak, coordinate, and frame transformations.
  • Keywords
    "Optics","Electromagnetics","Observers","Jacobian matrices","Metamaterials","Tensile stress","Manifolds"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics (METAMATERIALS), 2015 9th International Congress on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MetaMaterials.2015.7342501
  • Filename
    7342501