2012/12/21 by Andre Diatta, Diatta, Andre, Sebastien Guenneau +5
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1212.5408
This is a book chapter. 22 pages, 7 figures
arxiv created 2012/12/21 · arxiv updated 2012/12/24
In this chapter, we review some recent developments in the field of photonics: cloaking, whereby an object becomes invisible to an observer, and mirages, whereby an object looks like another one (say, of a different shape). Such optical illusions are made possible thanks to the advent of metamaterials, which are new kinds of composites designed using the concept of transformational optics. Theoretical concepts introduced here are illustrated by finite element computations.