Abstract
We report here a design method for a 3 dimensional (3D) isotropic transformation optical device using smart transformation optics. Inspired by solid mechanics, smart transformation optics regards a transformation optical medium as an elastic solid and deformations as coordinate transformations. Further developing from our previous work on 2D smart transformation optics, we introduce a method of 3D smart transformation optics to design 3D transformation optical devices by maintaining isotropic materials properties for all types of polarizations imposing free or nearly free boundary conditions. Due to the material isotropy, it is possible to fabricate such devices with structural metamaterials made purely of common dielectric materials. In conclusion, the practical importance of the method reported here lies in the fact that it enables us to fabricate, without difficulty, arbitrarily shaped 3D devices with existing 3D printing technology.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 21892-21898 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Optics Express |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 17 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 24 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program and the Pioneer Research Center Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (NRF-2015R1A2A2A11001112, NRF- 2013M3C1A3065045) and the Agency for Defense Development (UE135136GD), Republic of Korea.
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© 2015 Optical Society of America.