Invisible metallic mesh

Ye, Dexin; Lu, Ling; Joannopoulos, John D.; Soljačić, Marin; Ran, Lixin

doi:10.1073/pnas.1600521113

Invisible metallic mesh

Journal Article · Tue Feb 16 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1600521113· OSTI ID:1371455

Ye, Dexin ^[1]; Lu, Ling ^[2]; Joannopoulos, John D. ^[2]; Soljačić, Marin ^[2]; Ran, Lixin ^[3]

Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China)

We introduce and demonstrate an invisible material––a solid composite possessing identical electromagnetic properties as air so that its arbitrarily shaped object neither reflects nor refracts light at any angle of incidence in free space. Such a material is self-invisible, unlike the cloaks for minimizing the scattering of other items. Invisible materials could provide improved mechanical stability, electrical conduction, and heat dissipation to a system, without disturbing the original electromagnetic design. As a result, one immediate application would be toward perfect antenna radomes.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC), Washington, D.C. (United States). Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001299

OSTI ID:: 1371455

Journal Information:: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 113; ISSN 0027-8424

Publisher:: National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC (United States)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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