Transformation metamaterials

L Xu, H Chen - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Based on the form‐invariance of Maxwell's equations under coordinate transformations,
mathematically smooth deformation of space can be physically equivalent to …

Double-layer geodesic and gradient-index lenses

Q Chen, SAR Horsley, NJG Fonseca, T Tyc… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A double-layer lens consists of a first gradient-index/geodesic profile in an upper
waveguide, partially surrounded by a mirror that reflects the wave into a lower guide where …

Compact multibeam fully metallic geodesic Luneburg lens antenna based on non-Euclidean transformation optics

Q Liao, NJG Fonseca… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Non-Euclidean transformations have been recently proposed to produce a link between 3-D
homogeneous surfaces and 2-D dielectric lenses. Therefore, the propagation in a …

Conformal transformation optics

L Xu, H Chen - Nature Photonics, 2015 - nature.com
The field of transformation optics shows that media containing gradients in optical properties
are equivalent to curved geometries of spacetime for the propagation of light. Conformal …

Conformal parallel plate waveguide polarizer integrated in a geodesic lens antenna

FV Vidarsson, O Zetterstrom… - … on Antennas and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Here, we propose a low-profile polarizing technique integrated in a parallel plate waveguide
(PPW) configuration, compatible with fully metallic geodesic lens antennas. The geodesic …

Compact parallel‐plate waveguide half‐Luneburg geodesic lens in the Ka‐band

NJG Fonseca, Q Liao… - … Microwaves, Antennas & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A parallel‐plate waveguide half‐Luneburg geodesic lens is designed and experimentally
validated in the Ka‐band. The geodesic lens profile is modulated using spline functions to …

Roadmap on transformation optics

M McCall, JB Pendry, V Galdi, Y Lai… - Journal of …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Transformation optics asks, using Maxwell's equations, what kind of electromagnetic
medium recreates some smooth deformation of space? The guiding principle is Einstein's …

Photonic crystal waveguide intersection design based on Maxwell's fish-eye lens

MM Gilarlue, SH Badri, HR Saghai, J Nourinia… - Photonics and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The number of waveguides crossing an intersection increases with the development of
complex photonic integrated circuits. Numerical simulations are presented to demonstrate …

Spatially variant periodic structures in electromagnetics

RC Rumpf, JJ Pazos, JL Digaum… - … Transactions of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Spatial transforms are a popular technique for designing periodic structures that are
macroscopically inhomogeneous. The structures are often required to be anisotropic …

Light in curved two-dimensional space

VH Schultheiss, S Batz, U Peschel - Advances in Physics: X, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The extrinsic and intrinsic curvature of a two-dimensional waveguide influences wave
propagation therein. While this can already be apprehended from a geometric point of view …