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Transformation Optics: From Classic Theory and Applications to its New Branches
Author(s) -
Sun Fei,
Zheng Bin,
Chen Hongsheng,
Jiang Wei,
Guo Shuwei,
Liu Yichao,
Ma Yungui,
He Sailing
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
laser and photonics reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.778
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1863-8899
pISSN - 1863-8880
DOI - 10.1002/lpor.201700034
Subject(s) - transformation optics , metamaterial , invisibility , transformation (genetics) , computer science , electromagnetic radiation , electromagnetic theory , optics , physics , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
In the modern world, the ability to manipulate and control electromagnetic waves has greatly changed people's lives. Novel optical and electromagnetic phenomena and devices will lead to new scientific trends and techniques in the future. The exploration of new theories of optical design and new materials for optical engineering has attracted great attention in recent years. Transformation optics (TO) provides a new way to design optical devices with extraordinary predesigned functions such as invisibility cloaks and electromagnetic wormholes. As the development of artificial electromagnetic media (e.g. metamaterials and metasurfaces) progresses, many of these novel optical devices designed by TO have been experimentally demonstrated and used in specific applications. Starting from the basic theory of transformation optics, we review its applications, extensions, new branches and recent developments in this paper.