Title :
All-solid-state invisibility cloak for diffuse light
Author :
Schittny, Robert ; Niemeyer, Andreas ; Kadic, Muamer ; Buckmann, Tiemo ; Naber, Andreas ; Wegener, Martin
Author_Institution :
DFG-Center for Functional Nanostruct., Inst. of Appl. Phys., Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
We realize an all-solid-state version of a macroscopic broadband omnidirectional invisibility cloak for diffuse visible light based on polydimethylsiloxane doped with titania nanoparticles. This cloak is portable, easy to handle, and suitable for school demonstrations.
Keywords :
light scattering; nanoparticles; nanophotonics; optical cloaking; optical metamaterials; titanium compounds; visible spectra; TiO2; all-solid-state invisibility cloak; diffuse visible light; macroscopic broadband omnidirectional invisibility cloak; polydimethylsiloxane doped titania nanoparticles; Absorption; Lighting; Media; Metals; Nanoparticles; Photonics; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
