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Madni HA, Hussain K, Jiang WX, Liu S, Aziz A, Iqbal S, Mahboob A, Cui TJ. A novel EM concentrator with open-concentrator region based on multi-folded transformation optics. Sci Rep 2018; 8:9641. [PMID: 29941990 PMCID: PMC6018512 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-28050-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Conventional concentrators with inhomogeneous coating materials that fully enclose the destined region pose great challenges for fabrication. In this paper, we propose to design an EM concentrator with homogeneous materials. Distinguished from conventional ones, the elaborately designed EM concentrator features a concentrator region that is open to the outer-world, which is achieved with multi-folded transformation optics method by compressing and folding the coating materials to create window(s). Based on this concept, we also investigate open-rotator and open rotational-concentrator devices, which could simultaneously rotate and store the EM waves in the central destined region. Due to the open nature of our proposed designs, we believe they will find potential applications in remote controlling with impressive new functionalities.
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Grants
- This work was supported in part from the National Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 61631007, 61571117, 61501112, 61501117, 61522106, 61722106, 61701107, and 61701108, and 111 Project under Grant No.111-2-05. H. A. Madni acknowledges the support of the Higher Education Commission’s Start-Up Research Grant Program, Pakistan under Grant No. 21-1742/SRGP/R&D/HEC/2017, and the support of the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China at Southeast University, Nanjing, China, under Postdoctoral number 201557.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hamza Ahmad Madni
- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Department of Radio Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
- Department of Computer Engineering, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, 64200, Pakistan.
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Department of Radio Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Department of Radio Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Department of Radio Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Department of Radio Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Department of Radio Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, 64200, Pakistan
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Department of Radio Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
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Non-contact radio frequency shielding and wave guiding by multi-folded transformation optics method. Sci Rep 2016; 6:36846. [PMID: 27841358 PMCID: PMC5107927 DOI: 10.1038/srep36846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Compared with conventional radio frequency (RF) shielding methods in which the conductive coating material encloses the circuits design and the leakage problem occurs due to the gap in such conductive material, non-contact RF shielding at a distance is very promising but still impossible to achieve so far. In this paper, a multi-folded transformation optics method is proposed to design a non-contact device for RF shielding. This “open-shielded” device can shield any object at a distance from the electromagnetic waves at the operating frequency, while the object is still physically open to the outer space. Based on this, an open-carpet cloak is proposed and the functionality of the open-carpet cloak is demonstrated. Furthermore, we investigate a scheme of non-contact wave guiding to remotely control the propagation of surface waves over any obstacles. The flexibilities of such multi-folded transformation optics method demonstrate the powerfulness of the method in the design of novel remote devices with impressive new functionalities.
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From Flexible and Stretchable Meta-Atom to Metamaterial: A Wearable Microwave Meta-Skin with Tunable Frequency Selective and Cloaking Effects. Sci Rep 2016; 6:21921. [PMID: 26902969 PMCID: PMC4763296 DOI: 10.1038/srep21921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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This paper reports a flexible and stretchable metamaterial-based “skin” or meta-skin with tunable frequency selective and cloaking effects in microwave frequency regime. The meta-skin is composed of an array of liquid metallic split ring resonators (SRRs) embedded in a stretchable elastomer. When stretched, the meta-skin performs as a tunable frequency selective surface with a wide resonance frequency tuning range. When wrapped around a curved dielectric material, the meta-skin functions as a flexible “cloaking” surface to significantly suppress scattering from the surface of the dielectric material along different directions. We studied frequency responses of multilayer meta-skins to stretching in a planar direction and to changing the spacing between neighboring layers in vertical direction. We also investigated scattering suppression effect of the meta-skin coated on a finite-length dielectric rod in free space. This meta-skin technology will benefit many electromagnetic applications, such as frequency tuning, shielding, and scattering suppression.
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