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A BIRD IN THE HAND …
Author(s) -
Daws Joyce
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb107741.x
Subject(s) - citation , library science , law , political science , computer science
such a device might work to hide an object outside its confines. In their theoretical scheme, the custommade shield creates an ‘anti-object’ image that cancels out the light-scattering of the hidden object nearby, so that in optical terms the whole system is replaced by empty space. The researchers provide a prescription for making anti-objects of arbitrary shape embedded in slabs of metamaterials, which are composed of building blocks that interact with light in unusual, tailor-made ways.