Reduction of scattering using thin all-dielectric shells designed by stochastic optimizer
- ITMO University, 49 Kronverskii Ave., St. Petersburg 197101 (Russian Federation)
- Instituto de Fusión Nuclear, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, E-28006 Madrid (Spain)
Adaptive differential evolution method has been used for optimization of all-dielectric multilayer coatings in order to reduce total scattering from spherical targets. The optimal refractive index profiles have been found for various sizes of targets and thicknesses of coatings. Few profile types that appear to be optimal for various geometrical parameters have been identified. Scattering of the target with diameter of 0.75 λ has been reduced by 85% using 0.16 λ thick coating formed by isotropic dielectric materials. For larger targets, scattering reduction becomes smaller, but it still reaches 50% for targets with the diameter of 1.5 λ. The obtained designs provide a route to implement cloaking without the use of magnetic and anisotropic metamaterials.
- OSTI ID:
- 22402641
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 116, Issue 18; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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