DocumentCode
2313747
Title
RF invisibility using metamaterials: Harry Potter’s Cloak or The Emperor’s New Clothes?
Author
Kildal, Per-Simon ; Kishk, Ahmed ; Sipus, Zvonimir
Author_Institution
Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg
fYear
2007
fDate
9-15 June 2007
Firstpage
2361
Lastpage
2364
Abstract
Generally, it is very important when performing research that improvements are properly characterized and compared to known and simpler solutions in terms of well established performance measures. Otherwise, very misleading results could appear such as in another metamaterials-related paper commented upon by Kildal (2006). If the published results for the metamaterials-based invisibility cloaks cannot stand comparison with known technology, they may be better associated with the "Emperor\´s new clothes" (i.e. an invisible "nonworking" coat) than Harry Potter\´s invisibility cloak.
Keywords
electromagnetic wave scattering; metamaterials; Emperor´s new clothes; Harry Potter´s cloak; invisibility cloaks; metamaterials; radiofrequency invisibility; Bandwidth; Coatings; Conductors; Dielectrics; Electromagnetic scattering; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Polarization; Radio frequency; Surface waves;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2007 IEEE
Conference_Location
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0877-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-0878-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/APS.2007.4396006
Filename
4396006
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