Title :
Peculiar and anomalous cloaking features of plasmonic materials
Author :
Alù, A. ; Engheta, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We present here the main features of cloaking based on plasmonic materials, together with some novel aspects of the exotic and anomalous features that such plasmonic shells may provide. In particular, in addition to scattering cancellation features, we discuss a special condition for which a suitably designed plasmonic metamaterial shell may produce an anti-resonant (very low) scattering, independently of the specific properties of the object placed inside it. Different from classic plasmonic cloaking, this condition may provide novel physical insights into the anomalous scattering properties of plasmonic shells, and it may lead to various interesting possibilities for applications.
Keywords :
metamaterials; plasmonics; anomalous cloaking feature; anomalous scattering property; exotic cloaking feature; plasmonic cloaking; plasmonic materials; plasmonic metamaterial shell; scattering cancellation feature; Dielectric losses; Dielectric materials; Frequency; Geometry; Metamaterials; Microwave imaging; Optical imaging; Particle scattering; Permittivity; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, 2009. ICEAA '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3385-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3386-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICEAA.2009.5297443