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
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"
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics (METAMATERIALS), 2015 9th International Congress on
DOI :
10.1109/MetaMaterials.2015.7342501
