make yourself invisible with metamaterials

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He’s the one on the

right

Make Yourself Invisible!

Stephen [email protected]

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So what’s invisibility?

Classical invisibility

Metamaterials (may) solve it!

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GIANT PLUG

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Stephen’s making a LARP

joke. Humor him please

300,000 km/s

200,000 km/s

material in thelight of speed

vacuumain light of speedn

11.33

1.000227

2.417

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n=1

n=1.33

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n=1

n=1.33

glass core

(higher n)

cladding

(lower n)

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Magic!

Science!



11.33

1.000227

2.417

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F@#*ING METAMATERIALS,HOW DO THEY WORK?

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One wavelength

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n

ε = relative electrical

permittivity

μ = relative magnetic

permeability

ε, μ > 0

ε, μ < 0

ε < 0, μ > 0

ε > 0, μ < 0

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DOUBLE NEGATIVEMETAMATERIALACROSS THE SKY

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David Smith

Metamaterial

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