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Generalized compensated bilayer structure from the transformation optics perspective Wei Yan, Min Yan, and Min Qiu* Laboratory of Optics, Photonics and Quantum Electronics, Department of Microelectronics and Applied Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Electrum 229, 16440 Kista, Sweden * Corresponding author: [email protected] Received August 3, 2009; accepted August 12, 2009; posted August 25, 2009 (Doc. ID 115005); published September 15, 2009 A systematic study on a generalized compensated bilayer structure is presented based on transformation op- tics. A compensated bilayer can be constructed through a general transformation plus a coordinate inversion based on a single layer in the electromagnetic (EM) space. Two outer boundaries of the obtained bilayer are mapped from the same surface. Such a bilayer has an optically zero volume (nihility) regardless of the material composition in the original single layer. This fact directly leads to the property of invariant scattering. A bi- layer is also able to transfer the EM field from one side to the other with a scaling factor, which is determined by how the two side boundaries are mapped. For a properly chosen background, it is possible to achieve perfect optical imaging. Extensive numerical examples are given to demonstrate these identified properties and ap- plications. Our study provides a more complete understanding of this class of transformation media by con- sidering general geometries and arbitrary material properties. © 2009 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 230.3205, 260.2110, 290.5839. 1. INTRODUCTION Transformation optics provides a flexible way to design the so-called transformation media to control electromag- netic (EM) fields or light [127]. Theoretically, transfor- mation optics stems from the form-invariance property of Maxwell’s equations in any geometrical space [16]. Prac- tically, the obtained transformation media can be con- structed with the help of metamaterial technology [713,2831]. The space where the transformation media are implemented is called the transformed space or physi- cal space. The material parameters of transformation me- dia are obtained easily via tensor calculations [5]. The light trajectories in the transformed space and in the original space are interconnected via a simple coordinate mapping function [5]. A typical application of transforma- tion optics is invisibility cloaks [112,1417]. Also, many other applications, such as beam shifters and splitters [18], field rotators [19], EM wormholes [20], superlenses [2224], super scatterers [25,26], optical illusion devices [27], and transmutation of device singularities [13,21] are proposed. In [32], complementary media were used to refer to two adjacent slab layers with equal thickness and optically offsetting media, i.e., with material parameters of the same magnitude but different sign. Similar media were also proposed in [33]. The significance of such complemen- tary media lies in their capability to transfer EM fields perfectly from one side to the other side of the bilayer. The perfect lens originally proposed by Pendry [34] and the perfect lens made of indefinite media [35] are all within the scope of the complementary media. In a recent paper [4], it was found that transformation optics provides a clear geometrical interpretation of Pendry’s perfect slab lens. In a previous paper by the current authors, we took advantage of transformation optics and applied it to the design of generalized complementary media in slab geom- etry [23]. It was noticed that the two layers of a comple- mentary media, in general, can be of unequal thicknesses, i.e., be made of inhomogeneous indefinite materials. In the present paper, we further extend the concept of complementary media to bilayers in arbitrary 3D geom- etries by using transformation optics. Similarly to our findings in [23], the material parameters of two indi- vidual layers of the bilayer do have different sign but not necessarily the same magnitude. In addition, the material in each layer can contain anisotropy and inhomogeneity. We refer to such bilayer structures as compensated bilay- ers. The bilayer structures are broadly divided into two categories according to their geometrical properties: a bi- layer of the first type separates the background space into two distinct regions; a bilayer of the second type is sur- rounded by one continuous background. The slab-shaped compensated bilayers [23,32,33] belong to the first type. The two outer surfaces of a compensated bilayer are mapped from the same surface in the EM space. There- fore, the bilayer is optically nonexistent, and the EM field at one of its surfaces is related to that at the other surface by a scaling factor. This feature is called the nihility of a bilayer [33]. In this paper we will analytically prove the nihility of a general 3D bilayer deduced from transforma- tion optics. The nihility feature leads directly to the con- sequence of invariant scattering of a bilayer. If the back- ground material of the bilayer is properly chosen, we can have the most important application of a compensated bi- layer, i.e., superlensing [23,24,3235]. That is, the EM field pattern on one side of the bilayer is perfectly trans- ferred to the other side. Besides imaging, compensated bi- layers can also have applications for providing invisibility Yan et al. Vol. 26, No. 12/ December 2009/ J. Opt. Soc. Am. B B39 0740-3224/09/120B39-11/$15.00 © 2009 Optical Society of America
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Generalized compensated bilayer structure fromthe transformation optics perspective

Wei Yan Min Yan and Min Qiu

Laboratory of Optics Photonics and Quantum Electronics Department of Microelectronics and Applied PhysicsRoyal Institute of Technology (KTH) Electrum 229 16440 Kista Sweden

Corresponding author minkthse

Received August 3 2009 accepted August 12 2009posted August 25 2009 (Doc ID 115005) published September 15 2009

A systematic study on a generalized compensated bilayer structure is presented based on transformation op-tics A compensated bilayer can be constructed through a general transformation plus a coordinate inversionbased on a single layer in the electromagnetic (EM) space Two outer boundaries of the obtained bilayer aremapped from the same surface Such a bilayer has an optically zero volume (nihility) regardless of the materialcomposition in the original single layer This fact directly leads to the property of invariant scattering A bi-layer is also able to transfer the EM field from one side to the other with a scaling factor which is determinedby how the two side boundaries are mapped For a properly chosen background it is possible to achieve perfectoptical imaging Extensive numerical examples are given to demonstrate these identified properties and ap-plications Our study provides a more complete understanding of this class of transformation media by con-sidering general geometries and arbitrary material properties copy 2009 Optical Society of America

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INTRODUCTIONransformation optics provides a flexible way to designhe so-called transformation media to control electromag-etic (EM) fields or light [1ndash27] Theoretically transfor-ation optics stems from the form-invariance property ofaxwellrsquos equations in any geometrical space [1ndash6] Prac-

ically the obtained transformation media can be con-tructed with the help of metamaterial technology7ndash1328ndash31] The space where the transformation mediare implemented is called the transformed space or physi-al space The material parameters of transformation me-ia are obtained easily via tensor calculations [5] Theight trajectories in the transformed space and in theriginal space are interconnected via a simple coordinateapping function [5] A typical application of transforma-

ion optics is invisibility cloaks [1ndash1214ndash17] Also manyther applications such as beam shifters and splitters18] field rotators [19] EM wormholes [20] superlenses22ndash24] super scatterers [2526] optical illusion devices27] and transmutation of device singularities [1321] areroposedIn [32] complementary media were used to refer to two

djacent slab layers with equal thickness and opticallyffsetting media ie with material parameters of theame magnitude but different sign Similar media werelso proposed in [33] The significance of such complemen-ary media lies in their capability to transfer EM fieldserfectly from one side to the other side of the bilayer Theerfect lens originally proposed by Pendry [34] and theerfect lens made of indefinite media [35] are all withinhe scope of the complementary media In a recent paper4] it was found that transformation optics provides alear geometrical interpretation of Pendryrsquos perfect slabens In a previous paper by the current authors we took

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dvantage of transformation optics and applied it to theesign of generalized complementary media in slab geom-try [23] It was noticed that the two layers of a comple-entary media in general can be of unequal thicknesses

e be made of inhomogeneous indefinite materialsIn the present paper we further extend the concept of

omplementary media to bilayers in arbitrary 3D geom-tries by using transformation optics Similarly to ourndings in [23] the material parameters of two indi-idual layers of the bilayer do have different sign but notecessarily the same magnitude In addition the material

n each layer can contain anisotropy and inhomogeneitye refer to such bilayer structures as compensated bilay-

rs The bilayer structures are broadly divided into twoategories according to their geometrical properties a bi-ayer of the first type separates the background space intowo distinct regions a bilayer of the second type is sur-ounded by one continuous background The slab-shapedompensated bilayers [233233] belong to the first typehe two outer surfaces of a compensated bilayer areapped from the same surface in the EM space There-

ore the bilayer is optically nonexistent and the EM fieldt one of its surfaces is related to that at the other surfacey a scaling factor This feature is called the nihility of ailayer [33] In this paper we will analytically prove theihility of a general 3D bilayer deduced from transforma-ion optics The nihility feature leads directly to the con-equence of invariant scattering of a bilayer If the back-round material of the bilayer is properly chosen we canave the most important application of a compensated bi-

ayer ie superlensing [232432ndash35] That is the EMeld pattern on one side of the bilayer is perfectly trans-erred to the other side Besides imaging compensated bi-ayers can also have applications for providing invisibility

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loaking [17] and optical illusions [25ndash27] Cloaking andllusion applications using the bilayer concept have beeniscussed previously in [1727] In this paper we will fo-us on the effects of perfect imaging and invariant scat-ering Extensive numerical examples will be given toupport our arguments

COMPENSATED BILAYER STRUCTURE Geometry of the Compensated Bilayeronsider a bilayer structure embedded in a 3D space Two

ayers of such a bilayer are denoted as layer 1 and layer 2ayer 1 is defined by boundaries S1 and S3 while layer 2

s defined by boundaries S2 and S3 S3 is the commonoundary between two layers In Fig 1 we illustrate sev-ral examples of the bilayer structure

Compensated bilayers can be broadly classified intowo categories The classification is based on the types ofoundaries forming the bilayer The first type of boundaryivides the space into two regions This type of boundaryan be a closed surface (eg a spherical surface) a semi-losed surface (eg a cylindrical surface) or an open sur-ace (eg a flat surface) The second type of boundary is

ig 1 (Color online) Illustation of a bilayer structure (a) Slab-haped bilayer of type A (b) cylindrical-shaped bilayer of type Ac) a spherical-shaped bilayer of type B The bilayer structure ofype A is surrounded by two discontinous regions region I andegion II The bilayer structure of type B is surrounded by a con-inous region

urrounded by one continuous region of space such as onealf of a spherical surface For our particular problem theoundaries Si i=123 should belong to the same typen order to make the layers 1 and 2 have definitivehapes Accordingly we can classify bilayers into twoypes the first type of bilayer denoted as type A bilayers defined by the first type of boundaries the second typef bilayer denoted as type B bilayer is defined by the sec-nd type of boundaries The bilayer of type A is sur-ounded by two discontinous regions which are denoteds regions I and II The bilayer of type B is surrounded byne continous region In Fig 1 several examples of the bi-ayer for types A and B are plotted

The considered bilayer in physical space is constructedy folding a single layer of an arbitrary medium in EMpace After folding the bilayer is put into an arbitraryackground ldquoFoldingrdquo in the simplest case denotes andentity transformation plus a coordinate inversion Bothperations can also be accompanied by some other (lessmportant) coordinate changes such as displacement ro-ation and compression Without loss of generality in thisaper we assume that the first layer (layer 1) is based onn identity transformation of the single layer in the EMpace The second layer (layer 2) is obtained by foldingayer 1 with respect to boundary S3 Therefore the twouter boundaries S1 and S3 of the bilayer are mappedrom an identical boundary Two 2D examples of the con-truction processes for two bilayer structures are illus-rated in Figs 2(a) and 2(b) In Fig 2(a) it is seen that aylindrical compensated bilayer of type A is constructedy folding a single cylindrical layer in the radial directionrom the EM space r z to the physical space r z

ig 2 (Color online) (a) Illustration of the construction of aylindrical-shape compensated bilayer of type A by folding aingle cylindrical shell in the radial direction (b) Illustration ofhe construction of a compensated bilayer of type B by folding aalf cylinder in one Cartesian axis direction

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wo background regions denoted as I and II are sepa-ated by the bilayer The transformation function for thenversion is expressed as r=hr In Fig 2(b) it is seenhat a compensated bilayer structure of type B is con-tructed by folding a half cylinder along one Cartesianxis direction from the EM space x1 x2 x3 to thehysical space x1 x2 x3 The inversion transformationunction is expressed as x1=hx1 When hx1 is a linearunction with slope of 1 the obtained bilayer has a cy-indrical shape

Material Parameters of the Compensated Bilayerssume that layer 1 in the EM space has material param-ters and The Cartesian coordinates in the EMpace are denoted as x1 x2 x3 which are transformedo coordinates x1 x2 x3 in the physical space The mate-ial parameters of the transformed bilayer ie the trans-ormation medium are determined by certain transfor-ation principles to be introduced in the followingMaxwellrsquos equations in Cartesian coordinates

x1 x2 x3 are expressed as [5]

Dii = 0 Bii = 0

ijkEkj = minusBi

t ijkHkj =

Di

t

Di = ijEj Bi = ijHj 1

here Einsteinrsquos convention of summing over repeated in-ices is employed the subscript ldquoirdquo represents partialifferentiation to coordinate xi ijk is the permuta-ion symbol which is defined by ijk=1 if ijk is anven permutation of 123 ijk=minus1 if ijk is an oddermutation of 123 and ijk=0 for the other caseshe metric tensor denoted as gij which relates the in-nitesimal length measurement dS to coordinates dxi

e dS2=gijdxidxj is just gij=diag111 for Carte-ian coordinates

Consider a coordinate transformation from Cartesianoordinates x1 x2 x3 to arbitrary coordinatesx1 x2 x3 The metric tensor for the transformed coordi-ates is denoted as gij which relates the original metricensor gij via [5]

gij = iigijj

j 2

here the Jacobian matrix ii is written as

ii =

x1

x1

x1

x2

x1

x3

x2

x1

x2

x2

x2

x3

x3

x1

x3

x2

x3

x3

3

axwellrsquos equations in transformed coordinatesx1 x2 x3 can be written as [5]

Dii = 0 Bii = 0

ijkEkj = minusBi

t ijkHkj =

Di

t+ ji 4

ith

Ei = iiEi Hi = i

iHi

Di = ii Di Bi = i

i Bi 5

here ii = i

iminus1 and =detii

One can rearrange Eq (4) in the same form as Eq (1)y using scalings

Di = Di Bi = Bi 6

he new constitutive equations can be obtained as

Di = ijEi Bi = ijHi

ij = ii

ijjj ij = i

i ijjj 7

hus it shows that Maxwellrsquos equations in any arbitraryoordinates can be written in the same form as in Carte-ian coordinates However the EM parameters shouldhange their forms accordingly The media with trans-ormed material parameters ij and ij are called trans-ormation media The fields in the transformed media areinked to those in the original media by the coordinateransformation ie according to Eqs (5) and (6)

Equipped with the above knowledge we can calculateaterial parameters of compensated bilayer structures

asily Layer 1 in physical space has material parameters1= and 1= due to the identity transformation Theaterial parameters of layer 2 can be calculated throughq (7) Here it is noted that when the original layer inM space is composed of inhomogeneous media the bi-

ayer will also be composed of inhomogeneous mediaConsider the special example of a cylindrical bilayer of

ype A shown in Fig 2(a) It is calculated that layer 2 hasaterial parameters

2 =hr

r

dh

drdiag 1

dhdr

r

hr11 diag 1

dhdr

r

hr1

2 =hr

r

dh

drdiag 1

dhdr

r

hr11 diag 1

dhdr

r

hr1

8

here material parameters are expressed in cylindricaloordinates

Consider the special example of the compensated bi-ayer of type B shown in Fig 2(b) The material param-ters of layer 2 are derived as

2 =h

x1 diag 1

hx1 111 diag111

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RELATIONSHIP OF FIELDS AT BILAYEROUNDARIEShe two outer boundaries S1 and S2 of a compensated bi-

ayer in the physical space are both mapped from theoundary S1 in the EM space Deployment of such coordi-ate mappings ensures a special feature of a compensatedilayer structure the fields at two boundaries of the bi-ayer connect with each other via the transformationrinciple as discussed in Section 2 In the following thexact field relationship between S1 and S2 will be derived

Let the EM fields at boundary S1 in the EM space beenoted by Ei HiS1

Since layer 1 is unchanged afterransformation the transformed fields at boundary S1 inhe physical space have EiS1

= EiS1and HiS1

= HiS1

ere we use ni t1i and t2i to denote the components ofhe unit normal vector and two orthogonal unit tangentialectors of the boundary S1 in the EM space respectivelyhe similar unit vectors at S1 in the physical space are

he same as those on S1 in the EM space The trans-ormed fields at S1 can be decomposed into normal andangential components as

En

Et1

Et2

S1

= En

Et1

Et2

S1

10

he magnetic fields have the same formNow consider boundary S2 in physical space The trans-

ormed fields are EiS2= i

iEiS1and HiS2

= iiHiS1

he electric fields at S2 can be written as

EiS2= i

init1it2iEn

Et1

Et2

S1

11

here we have made use of

EiS1= nit1it2i

En

Et1

Et2

S1

12

Consider the term iini t1i t2i on the right-hand

ide of Eq (11) One finds that iini t1i t2i

ni t1i t2i where ni t1i and t2i represent the compo-ents of the normal and tangential vectors at S2 in theransformed basis vectors ei with ei=i

i ei Since theriginal coordinates x1 x2 x3 are Cartesian coordi-ates one has e1= x1 e2= x2 and e3= x3 Then intro-uce t1i and t2i which represent the components of theangential vectors t1i and t2i in the basis vectors ei withi=gijej Thus one has t1it1i=t2it2i=1 t1it2i=t2it1i=0nd n t1i=n t2i=0 Multiplying both sides of Eq (11) by

i i

ni t1i t2iT where ni is defined as ni=ni to keep calcula-ion consistently in tensor form one has

ni

t1i

t2iEiS2=

nini nit1i nit2i

0 1 0

0 0 1

En

Et1

Et2

S1

13

y examining the three components of ni expressed inartesian basis vectors one can find that it represents

he normal direction of surface S2 Thus t1i and t2i rep-esent two different tangential directions of S2 sinceit1i=nit2i=0 and ni=ni With this information Eq (13)ecomes

En

Et1

Et2

S2

= niniN nit1iN nit2iN

0 1T1 0

0 0 1T2

En

Et1

Et2

S1

14

here En Et1 Et2S2represent the normal and the tan-

ential field components at S2 respectively which are de-ermined by ni t1i and t2i N is defined by Nn12+ n22+ n32 and T1 and T2 are defined in theame form but in terms of t1i and t2i respectively

By combining Eqs (10) and (14) the tangential field re-ationship between S1 and S2 is derived as

Et1S1= T1Et1S2

Et2S1= T2Et2S2

15

rom this equation we see that the fields at S1 and S2elate to each other by a scaling This field relationship isndependent of whether the bilayer is inhomogeneous an-sotropic

In the following it will be shown that the boundary-eld relationship Eq (15) is dependent only on M thene-to-one point mapping function from surface S1 to S2nd is independent of the domain transformation functionrom xi to xi This property will be used in Section 4ere it should be recalled that different transformation

unctions can share the same M This is similar to thease for obtaining an invisibility cloak where one has theexibility to choose either a linear or a nonlinear trans-ormation function as long as the outer cloak boundary al-ays is kept intact for the chosen transformation Con-

ider two points with infinitesimal distance dl denoted byand D on surface S1 Assume that the vector CD de-

oted by aidxi just lies in the direction of the vector t1i

t1i=t1i Thus one has t1i=aidxi dl Considering aapping M from S1 to S2 aidxi will become aidxi where

he values of aidxi are determined by the boundary map-ing M Thus one has t1i=aidxi dl This indicateshat the tangential direction t1i on S2 is determined onlyy the mapping M It follows that T1a1dx12+ a2dx22+ a3dx32 dl which also depends on

only The same procedures apply for t2i and T2 In thextreme case when S2 is equal to S1 one has t1i=t1i t2i

t2i and T1=T2=1 and Eq (15) is just the continuousoundary conditions

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As an example considering the bilayer structure in Fig(a) one can easily calculate that

EzS1= EzS2

ES1=

b

aES2

HzS1= EzS2

HS1=

b

aES2

16

PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONSs discussed above we know that the fields at two bound-ries of the bilayer relate to each other by a scaling In theollowing it will be shown that this special property willesult in the nihility of the bilayer That is an observerutside the bilayer can feel the same fields as nonexist-nce of the bilayer Consider an observer say Bob in re-ion I The scattering fields observed by him are as if theyome from a region denoted as region II connecting di-ectly with region I via boundary S1 This is illustrated inig 3(a) Region II can be obtained by making a trans-

ormation from region II while boundary S2 is mapped tooundary S1 according to the function Mminus1 Note thathere are many choices for region II since there existany spatial transformation functions sharing the same

oundary mapping function Mminus1 And the other wayround if Bob is in region II the fields observed by himre as if they are coming from a region denoted as region connecting directly with region II via boundary S2his is illustrated in Fig 3(b) Region I can be obtained

hrough a transformation based on region I with bound-ry S1 mapped to boundary S2 according to M Againhere are many choices for region I

To show the validity of the above statements we con-ider the case as shown in Fig 3(a) Assume that the EMelds in regions I and II are denoted as Ei

I HiI and

EiII Hi

II respectively It is known that the tangentialelds at boundaries S1 and S2 relate to each other via Eq

15) The transformed fields in region II are denoted as

ig 3 (Color online) For the bilayer structure of type A (a) anbserver in region I perceives the fields as if the fields were fromegion II connected directly with region I (b) An observer in re-ion II perceives the fields as if the fields were from region I con-ected directly with region II

EiII Hi

II which can be calculated from EiII Hi

II Sinceoundary S2 of region II maps to boundary S1 of regionI according to the mapping function Mminus1 we can have

Et1II S1

= 1T1Et1II S2

Et2II S1

= 1T2Et2II S2

17

his is derived similarly as for Eq (15) Combining Eqs15) and (17) one has

Et1II S1

= Et1I S1

Et2II S1

= Et2I S1

18

his indicates that the fields EiI Hi

I and EiII Hi

II canutomatically fulfill the continuous boundary conditionetween regions I and II Thus it is proved that Bob inegion I perceives the same fields as if region II is con-ected with region I directly When Bob is in region II aimilar argument can also be proved

For the bilayer structure of type B the background re-ion is connected However one can generate two back-round regions by introducing an extra boundary Thisdea is illustrated in Fig 4 Refering to Fig 4(a) the re-ion outside the extra boundary S4 and boundary S1 is de-oted as region I while the region inside the boundary S4nd S2 is denoted as region II Similarly to the bilayertructure of type A Bob in region III feels the fields as ifegion II I were connected to region III this is illus-rated in Figs 4(a) and 4(b) Conversely we can transformegion II I to region III without changing fields in re-ion III by attaching a compensated bilayer to regionII This mechanism has been deployed in [27] to demon-trate illusion optics

Having proved the nihility of a compensated bilayer were ready to discuss the following the property of a bi-ayer

Invariant scattering Scattering caused by a compen-ated bilayer with the same shape and the same bound-ry mapping function M remains the same regardless ofts material parameters Consider a compensated bilayertructure placed in an arbitrary background Owing tohe perfect nihility a change in the material parameters

ig 4 (Color online) By inducing an extra boundary S4 the re-ion outside the bilayer structure of type B can be separated intoegions I and II (a) An observer in region I perceives the fields asf the fields were from region II connected directly with region Ib) An observer in region II perceives the fields as if the fieldsere from region I connected directly with region II

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f the bilayer ie from a change in the material param-ters of the original single layer in EM space will nothange the field distributions in background regions I andI This indicates that the scattered field by the bilayer isndependent of the material parameters of the bilayertructure

It should be mentioned that the phenomenon of invari-nt scattering can be extended to active obstacles For theilayer of type A if a noise source is present in layer 1 aomplementary source can be placed in a correspondingosition in layer 2 to annihilate the radiation caused byhe source in layer 1 This can be classified as a separateroperty of the compensated bilayer referred to as ldquoradia-ion cancellationrdquo For the bilayer of type A this subjectas been studied in [23] However to our knowledge so

ar the subject has not been studied for the bilayer of type In fact we have noticed that the phenomenon of radia-

ion cancellation by the bilayer of type B is not always astraightforward as the case for the bilayer of type A De-ailed investigations of this phenomenon will be pre-ented in a future publication

In addition based on our above discussion one may findhe following applications for a compensated bilayer

Perfect imaging With the right choice of backgroundaterial one can transfer EM fields from one boundary ofcompensated bilayer to the other perfectly with or with-

ut a linear scaling To require zero reflection it is neces-ary for region I (II) to be perfectly matched with regionI I This in turn gives the required material relation-hip between regions I and II It is worth noting that per-ect imaging is even possible in the presence of passivend active obstacles [2332] If a passive scatterer isresent in the bilayer the image quality will be degradedowever one can put a complementary scatterer in theilayer to recover the imageOptical illusion An object appears as another object

o an observer in a different domain Consider an examplen which a scatterer is put inside region II of a type A bi-ayer structure as in Fig 2(a) Assume that region II hashe same material parameters as region I In this caseob in region I perceives the scatterer as a magnifiedcatterer in a background with the material parametersf region I since the scatterer will be magnified when re-ion II is transformed to region II Such an llusion ofagnification was previously discussed in [2526] Con-

ersely if the scatterer is in region I and region I hashe same material parameters as region II Bob in regionI will feel a shrunk scatterer in the background with theaterial parameters of region II For the bilayer struc-

ure of type B a similar phenomenon of optical illusionan also occur as discussed in [27] If the object is put inegion II (I) region II (I) is just the restoring medium asefined in [27] To an observer in region I (II) it appearshat an an object is present in region II I

Invisibility cloaking An object is made invisibleithout perturbing the incident fields For this purposee can put a compensating object to offset the original ob-

ect in a compensated structure To achieve invisibility re-ion I (II) should be impedance matched with region III This phenomenon has been well discussed in [17]

In the following we will focus on demonstrating the fol-owing properties and applications of compensated bilay-

rs perfect imaging and invariant scattering The appli-ations to optical illusion and invisibility cloaking can beound in [1725ndash27]

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS FOROMPENSATED BILAYER Slab-shaped Compensated Bilayer of Type A

ompensated bilayer in slab geometry can be constructedy an identity transformation plus a coordinate inversionased on a single slab layer Suppose that the bilayer un-er study is oriented perpendicular to x1 For ease of dis-ussion we assume that the surface S1 is at x1=a whereis a constant and the transformation concerns only x1

nd x1 The transformation function for the coordinatenversion is denoted by x1=hx1 with a negative slopehe left and right boundaries of the bilayer ie x1=a and1=b are both mapped from x1=a Layer 1 has materialarameters 1 and 1 which are the same as those of theriginal single slab Layer 2 has material parameters ex-ressed by Eq (9) since the folding function is the sames that in Fig 2(b) Consider two regions separated by theilayer Region I has the material parameters I and Ind region II has the material parameters II and IIAssume that the inversion transformation function

x1 is a linear function with a slope of minusp where0 From Eq (9) it is derived that 2minusp diagminus1p 1 11 diagminus1p 1 1 2=minuspiagminus1p 1 11 diagminus1p 1 1 When p=1 the abovequations describe exactly the complementary media in3233]

In [3233] it is stated that a slab compensated bilayerhen put in a homogenous background can transfer EMelds perfectly from one interface to the other without re-ections Here we see that transformation optics pro-ides a clear geometrical interpretation of this phenom-non In addition transformation optics enables theesign of a much broader class of compensated bilayershan those proposed in [3233] One can easily extend aompensated bilayer to the following situations (1) p1ndor (2) hx1 is a nonlinear function andor (3) theransformation function concerns all coordinates not only1 and x1 andor (4) the single slab in EM space containsrbitrary inhomogeneity anisotropy [23] This facilitateshe unification of a range of perfect previously studied im-ging devices including Pendryrsquos perfect lens the bilayerens made of indefinite media

Perfect Imagings discussed in Section 4 perfect imaging requires the re-ectionless condition That is region I (II) should be per-

ectly matched with region II I in impedance This re-uirement can be satisfied easily when 1=II and 1II since region II I can be obtained easily by shift-

ng region II (I) The simplest case is that background re-ions on both side are free space In addition when layeris also free space layer 2 would be a left-handed me-

ium with n=minus1 The obtained bilayer is none other thanhe perfect slab lens in [34] Since optical imaging forompensated bilayers in slab shape has been discussed in32] and more comprehensively in [23] here we will pro-

vtremti

BHtircfmrbp

a=ft

Iads

1Pmlgri=set

sh

o=

Ttsd=sgm

btwnlcl=Io=rt=minusminustata5mpw=tfbtmsTf

ords

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B45

ide no further discussion It is meaningful to point outhat perfect imaging with free-space background in bothegions I and II is applicable only to compensated bilay-rs in slab geometry For all other bilayers backgroundaterials have to be chosen carefully in order to achieve

he reflectionless condition as will be shown in the follow-ng subsections

Cylindrical-Shaped Compensated Bilayer of Type Aere we numerically examine a compensated bilayer ob-

ained by transforming a cylindrical shell as illustratedn Fig 2(a) For ease of discussion we use cylindricalather than Cartesian coordinates The original cylindri-al coordinates are denoted as r z and the trans-ormed coordinates are denoted as r z The transfor-ation function concerns only r and r and is denoted as

=hr with a negative slope Layer 1 is in region arc while layer 2 is in region crb The relationship

etween material parameters in layers 1 and 2 is ex-ressed in Eq (8)Consider the case when and can be expressed di-

gonally in cylindrical coordinates ie 1=diag1r 1 1z and 1==diag1r 1 1z Then

rom Eq (8) the expressions for 2 and 2 can be reducedo

2 = diag hr

rhr1r

rhr

hr1

hrhr

r1z

2 = diag hr

rhr1r

rhr

hr1

hrhr

r1z 19

t is easily found that the material parameters in layers 1nd 2 should have different signs since hr0 andh dr0 This is a common requirement for a compen-ated bilayer

Perfect Imagingerfect imaging requires that region I be perfectlyatched with region II All free-space background is no

onger able to satisfy the requirement in this cylindricaleometry One can start by considering that regions I andegion II have identical material parameters Region IIs then transformed back to region II with boundary ra mapped to r=b The simplest transformation functionatisfying this boundary transformation condition is a lin-ar function expressed as r=ra b Under this linearransformation region II has material parameters

II = diag11a

bI diag11a

b

II = diag11a

bI diag11a

b 20

We consider the simplest case where region I is freepace In addition hr is a linear function expressed asr= rminusbcminusa cminusb+a Thus one has I=I=1 and

= =diag11 a b2

II II

If the original single layer is composed of free spacene obtains the material parameters of the bilayer as 11=1 and

2r = 2r =rc minus a + ca minus b

rc minus a

2 = 2 =rc minus a

rc minus a + ca minus b

2z = 2z =rc minus a2 + ca minus bc minus a

rc minus b2 21

he material parameters of layer 2 are all negative Whenhe slope of hr is 1 layer 1 and layer 2 will have theame thickness and the material parameters can be re-uced to 2r=2r= rminus2c r 2=2=r rminus2c and 2z2z= rminus2c r This is just the cylindrical superlenstudied in [24] This type of cylindrical superlens is analo-ous to Pendryrsquos slab superlens in superlensing perfor-anceIf layer 1 is composed of some indefinite medium (with

oth positive and negative tensor components in its ma-erial parameters) in EM space the compensated bilayerill accordingly be composed of indefinite media This sce-ario was previously studied by Smith and Schurig but

imited only to slab geometry [35] Here we propose aompensated bilayer lens made of indefinite media in cy-indrical geometry As a particular example we choose a15 b=05 and c= Region I is free space and regionI has material parameters II=II=diag119 Theriginal single layer is an indefinite medium with diag1minus11 and =diagminus111 By using a linearadial transformation function with a slope of 1 we ob-ain the material parameters of layers 1 and 2 as 1diag1minus11 and 1=diagminus111 2=diagrminus2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r and 2=diagminusrminus4 r r r4 rminus4 r We consider an EM wave propagating in

rminus plane with TE polarization (ie the E field is alonghe z direction) For this special polarization consider-tion the material parameters of region II can be reducedo II=9 and II=1 The material parameters of layers 1nd 2 relevant to the TE polarization are plotted in Figs(a) and 5(b) respectively We deploy the finite-elementethod from the commercial COMSOL Multiphysics

ackage to carry out numerical simulations In the full-ave simulation a line current source is positioned at (rminus155 ) near S1 The simulated electric field dis-

ribution is plotted in Fig 6 It is seen that the field per-ectly transfers from S1 to S2 almost without distortionut with a simple linear scaling An image of the source isherefore formed at S2 It should be noticed that for nu-erical simulations in this work all material parameters

maller than 1 are given a small imaginary part of 0006ihis is the reason behind the finite scattering perceivable

rom Fig 6For a cylindrical bilayer constructed using this method

nly one layer of the bilayers has gradient material pa-ameters One can however choose to construct a cylin-rical compensated bilayer by rolling up a slab compen-ated bilayer as in [3236] In that case both layers of the

oom

2Hifrdtbl

btdiifit

3Aoncnis[dcwaTafggAg(sFf

Fscstli

Fo

Fbminus

B46 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

btained cylindrical bilayer plus the background regionsutside and inside the bilayer all need to have gradientaterial parameters which is certainly not desirable

Invariant Scatteringere we will show that the scattering caused by a bilayer

s related only to its geometry and the boundary mappingunction M and is independent of the bilayer material pa-ameters as long as its construction follows the rules ad-ressed in this paper As a demonstration we examinehe scattering caused by the two cylindrical bilayers Oneilayer is as the same as studied in Fig 6 The other bi-ayer has the same geometrical parameters as in Fig 6

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus200

0

200

ig 6 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a line currentource located at (r=155 ) interacting with a cylindricalompensated bilayer composed of indefinite media The compen-ated bilayer lens has the same parameters as in Fig 5 excepthat material parameters smaller than 1 are all given a smalloss of 0006i Region II has material parameters of II=9 andII=1 The bilayer is outlined by solid lines The source and the

mage are denoted by an asterisk

1 125 1minus2

minus1

0

1

2

Mat

eria

lPar

amet

ers

micro31r

micro31θ

ε31z

(a)ig 5 (Color online) Material parameters of a cylindrical compf layer 1 (b) material parameters of layer 2

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2 minus

minus

0

1

2

(a)ig 7 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a plane wavilayer having the same geometrical parameters as in Fig2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r Regions I and II are free space The

ut has different material parameters as 1=1=1 and2=2=diagrminus2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r In both caseshe background regions I and II are free space The fieldistributions simulated as a plane wave incident from leftnfinity are shown in Figs 7(a) and 7(b) By comparison its observed that regions I and II have almost the sameeld distributions indicating identical scattering charac-eristics of the two bilayers

Optical Illusions discussed above if a scatterer is put in region II anbserver will feel as if the scattered field is from a mag-ified scatterer located in region II This has been dis-ussed in [2526] with lenses made of media with all-egative material components Conversely if a scatterer

s put in region I the observer in region II will feel ahrunk scatterer This phenomenon has been indicated in32] but with no numerical examples given Here we willemonstrate this phenomenon numerically with a con-rete example Region I is transformed from region Ihich is restricted by the condition that region Irsquos bound-ry S1 ie r=a be transformed to the boundary r=bhe simplest transformation satisfying this restriction islinear function with r=rb a Using this transformation

unction one can easily get the material parameters of re-ion I In our example the material parameters of re-ions I II and the bilayer are the same as that in Fig 6perfect electric conductor (PEC) cylinder is added in re-

ion I The cylinder has a radius of 15 and is located atr=3 ) The simulated electric field distributionubject to a line current source at the origin is plotted inig 8(a) Transforming region I to I with a linear trans-

ormation function r=r 3 one finds that the correspond-

05 075 1minus4

minus2

0

2

4

Mat

erai

lPar

amet

ers

micro32r

micro32θ

ε32z

)d bilayer composed of indefinite media (a) Material parameters

x1λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2 minus2

minus1

0

1

2

)left infinity interacting with (a) the bilayer as in Fig 6 (b) thedifferent material parameters 1=1=1 and 2=2=diagr

r is outlined by solid lines

5(b

ensate

2

1

2

(be from6 butbilaye

iog=pswa8t

C

1Hllaetzrgwib

dminusmminus=s

sttn

2Fahspidep+d=idbtbs

6Iomvptttmcs

FbFr

Fpcsb+minus=ss

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B47

ng PEC cylinder changes to a smaller size with a radiusf 05 and is located at (r= ) The free-space back-round in region I changes to a medium with I=Idiag119 which is as the same as in region II For TEolarization the material parameters reduce to I=9 and

I=1 Thus an observer in region II will feel a shrunkcatterer in a medium with b=9 and b=1 To verify thise simulate the interaction of the same source with suchshrunk scatterer placed in a background with b=9 andb=1 The resulted field distribution is plotted in Fig(b) Comparing Figs 8(a) and 8(b) one can notice almosthe same field distributions as in region II

Compensated Bilayer of Type B

Perfect Imagingere we consider a square-shaped bilayer of type B as il-

ustrated in Fig 9(a) Referring to the figure layer 1 andayer 2 are connected through the squarersquos diagonal with

length of Layer 2 is obtained by folding layer 1 lin-arly in the x1 direction Thus the material parameters ofhe bilayer should fulfill 1=minus2 and 1=minus2 To achieveero reflection region I should be perfectly matched withegion II [see Fig 3(a)] To find an appropriate back-round combination we may start with an EM spacehere regions I and II are both free space fulfilling the

mpedance matching condition Region II can be obtainedy a compression of region II For our example this can

minus05 0 05

minus050

05

x1 λ

x2 λ

minus4 minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus20minus100100

RegionII

(a)ig 8 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a line currenedded in region I (b) a PEC cylinder in the background with big 6 The PEC cylinder in (a) located at (r=3 ) has a raadius of 05 The bilayer and the PEC cylinder are outlined by

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2minus2

minus1

0

1

2

minus400

minus200

0

200

(b)(a)

ig 9 (Color online) (a) Illustration of a square-shaped com-ensated bilayer of type B (b) Electric field distribution for a lineurrent source J1=a13x1minus0313x2minus03x3 interacting with thequare-shaped compensated bilayer as in (a) The compensatedilayer has material parameters 1=1=1 and 2=2=minus10006i Region II has material parameters II=II= 5minus30320002 for the half part of x20 and II=II530320002 for the half part of x20 Region I is freepace The bilayer and region II are outlined by solid lines theource and the image are denoted by

one with transformation functions x1=12x1+3205

absx2 x2=x2 and x3=x3 In this way we obtain theaterial parameters of region II as II=II= 5minus30320002 for the half part of x20 and II=II530320002 for the half part of x20 In theimulation we take the bilayer material parameters as1=1=1 and 2=2=minus1+0006i A line current source iset to be J=a13x1minus0313x2minus03z The simulated elec-ric field distribution is plotted in Fig 9(b) It is observedhat the field transfers from boundary S1 to boundary S2early perfectly and an image is formed at boundary S2

Invariant Scatteringor this case we consider a compensated bilayer of type Bs illustrated in Fig 2(b) The inversion mapping functionx1 is a linear function with a negative slope of 1 Thehape of the bilayer is just a perfect clinder The materialarameters of the bilayer can be obtained from Eq (9)e 1=minus2 and 1=minus2 The invariant scattering can beemonstrated with two bilayers sharing the same geom-try One bilayer has a radius of 05 and has materialarameters 1=4 and 1=1 1=minus4+0006i and 1=minus10006i The other bilayer has the same geometry but hasifferent material parameters as 1=3 and 1=3 and 2minus3+0006i and 2=minus3+0006i Both bilayers are placed

n a free-space background When a plane wave is inci-ent from left infinity the field distributions for the twoilayers are as plotted in Figs 10(a) and 10(b) respec-ively By comparison it is observed that the field distri-utions in the free-space background are almost theame

CONCLUSIONSn this paper we have presented a comprehensive studyn generalized compensated bilayers based on transfor-ation optics The compensated bilayers are broadly di-

ided into two categories according to their geometricalroperties Both types of compensated bilayers can be ob-ained by making a folding-style coordinate transforma-ion based on a single material layer in the EM space Thewo outer boundaries of a compensated bilayer are bothapped from a single surface in the EM space Therefore

ompensated bilayers exhibit nihility an external ob-erver can feel the same fields as nonexistence of the bi-

x1 λ

x2 λ

minus4 minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus200minus1000100

minus05 0 05

minus050

05

RegionII

)ce located at the origin interacting with (a) a PEC cylinder em-b=1 The compensated bilayer has the same parameters as in

f 15 The PEC cylinder in (b) located at at (r= ) has alines

00

(bt sour

=9 anddius osolid

lscfpvccp

ATSC

R

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

Fwo+

B48 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

ayer This feature leads to the phenomenon of invariantcattering When the background is designed properly aompensated bilayer can transfer the EM field perfectlyrom one surface to the other without any scattering Thisroperty allows compensated bilayers to function as de-ices for achieving perfect imaging achieving invisibilityloaking and creating illusion optics Extensive numeri-al examples are presented to demonstrate the identifiedroperties and applications

CKNOWLEDGMENTShis work is supported by the Swedish Foundation fortrategic Research (SSF) and the Swedish Researchouncil (VR)

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minus1 0 1

minus1

0

1 minus

0

3

(a)ig 10 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a plane wavhich has a radius of 05 and material parameters as 1=4 an

f type B which has the same geometry as in (a) but different m0006i The region outside the bilayer is free space The bilayer

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0

3

)left infinity interacting with (a) a cylindrical bilayer of type Band 2=minus4+0006i and 2=minus1+0006i (b) a cylindrical bilayerl parameters as 1=3 and 1=3 and 2=minus3+0006i and 2=minus3lined by solid lines

3

2

(be from

d 1=1ateriais out

3

3

3

3

3

3

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cidcts

2AClLibe

tbdccf

shbistiooraol

bsbioitpaslofstcbf

Fs(trt

Fcsth

B40 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

loaking [17] and optical illusions [25ndash27] Cloaking andllusion applications using the bilayer concept have beeniscussed previously in [1727] In this paper we will fo-us on the effects of perfect imaging and invariant scat-ering Extensive numerical examples will be given toupport our arguments

COMPENSATED BILAYER STRUCTURE Geometry of the Compensated Bilayeronsider a bilayer structure embedded in a 3D space Two

ayers of such a bilayer are denoted as layer 1 and layer 2ayer 1 is defined by boundaries S1 and S3 while layer 2

s defined by boundaries S2 and S3 S3 is the commonoundary between two layers In Fig 1 we illustrate sev-ral examples of the bilayer structure

Compensated bilayers can be broadly classified intowo categories The classification is based on the types ofoundaries forming the bilayer The first type of boundaryivides the space into two regions This type of boundaryan be a closed surface (eg a spherical surface) a semi-losed surface (eg a cylindrical surface) or an open sur-ace (eg a flat surface) The second type of boundary is

ig 1 (Color online) Illustation of a bilayer structure (a) Slab-haped bilayer of type A (b) cylindrical-shaped bilayer of type Ac) a spherical-shaped bilayer of type B The bilayer structure ofype A is surrounded by two discontinous regions region I andegion II The bilayer structure of type B is surrounded by a con-inous region

urrounded by one continuous region of space such as onealf of a spherical surface For our particular problem theoundaries Si i=123 should belong to the same typen order to make the layers 1 and 2 have definitivehapes Accordingly we can classify bilayers into twoypes the first type of bilayer denoted as type A bilayers defined by the first type of boundaries the second typef bilayer denoted as type B bilayer is defined by the sec-nd type of boundaries The bilayer of type A is sur-ounded by two discontinous regions which are denoteds regions I and II The bilayer of type B is surrounded byne continous region In Fig 1 several examples of the bi-ayer for types A and B are plotted

The considered bilayer in physical space is constructedy folding a single layer of an arbitrary medium in EMpace After folding the bilayer is put into an arbitraryackground ldquoFoldingrdquo in the simplest case denotes andentity transformation plus a coordinate inversion Bothperations can also be accompanied by some other (lessmportant) coordinate changes such as displacement ro-ation and compression Without loss of generality in thisaper we assume that the first layer (layer 1) is based onn identity transformation of the single layer in the EMpace The second layer (layer 2) is obtained by foldingayer 1 with respect to boundary S3 Therefore the twouter boundaries S1 and S3 of the bilayer are mappedrom an identical boundary Two 2D examples of the con-truction processes for two bilayer structures are illus-rated in Figs 2(a) and 2(b) In Fig 2(a) it is seen that aylindrical compensated bilayer of type A is constructedy folding a single cylindrical layer in the radial directionrom the EM space r z to the physical space r z

ig 2 (Color online) (a) Illustration of the construction of aylindrical-shape compensated bilayer of type A by folding aingle cylindrical shell in the radial direction (b) Illustration ofhe construction of a compensated bilayer of type B by folding aalf cylinder in one Cartesian axis direction

Tritsapffl

BAestrfm

wddtepTfiis

cnt

w

M

w

w

b

T

Tcscfflt

memEEl

tm

wc

le

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B41

wo background regions denoted as I and II are sepa-ated by the bilayer The transformation function for thenversion is expressed as r=hr In Fig 2(b) it is seenhat a compensated bilayer structure of type B is con-tructed by folding a half cylinder along one Cartesianxis direction from the EM space x1 x2 x3 to thehysical space x1 x2 x3 The inversion transformationunction is expressed as x1=hx1 When hx1 is a linearunction with slope of 1 the obtained bilayer has a cy-indrical shape

Material Parameters of the Compensated Bilayerssume that layer 1 in the EM space has material param-ters and The Cartesian coordinates in the EMpace are denoted as x1 x2 x3 which are transformedo coordinates x1 x2 x3 in the physical space The mate-ial parameters of the transformed bilayer ie the trans-ormation medium are determined by certain transfor-ation principles to be introduced in the followingMaxwellrsquos equations in Cartesian coordinates

x1 x2 x3 are expressed as [5]

Dii = 0 Bii = 0

ijkEkj = minusBi

t ijkHkj =

Di

t

Di = ijEj Bi = ijHj 1

here Einsteinrsquos convention of summing over repeated in-ices is employed the subscript ldquoirdquo represents partialifferentiation to coordinate xi ijk is the permuta-ion symbol which is defined by ijk=1 if ijk is anven permutation of 123 ijk=minus1 if ijk is an oddermutation of 123 and ijk=0 for the other caseshe metric tensor denoted as gij which relates the in-nitesimal length measurement dS to coordinates dxi

e dS2=gijdxidxj is just gij=diag111 for Carte-ian coordinates

Consider a coordinate transformation from Cartesianoordinates x1 x2 x3 to arbitrary coordinatesx1 x2 x3 The metric tensor for the transformed coordi-ates is denoted as gij which relates the original metricensor gij via [5]

gij = iigijj

j 2

here the Jacobian matrix ii is written as

ii =

x1

x1

x1

x2

x1

x3

x2

x1

x2

x2

x2

x3

x3

x1

x3

x2

x3

x3

3

axwellrsquos equations in transformed coordinatesx1 x2 x3 can be written as [5]

Dii = 0 Bii = 0

ijkEkj = minusBi

t ijkHkj =

Di

t+ ji 4

ith

Ei = iiEi Hi = i

iHi

Di = ii Di Bi = i

i Bi 5

here ii = i

iminus1 and =detii

One can rearrange Eq (4) in the same form as Eq (1)y using scalings

Di = Di Bi = Bi 6

he new constitutive equations can be obtained as

Di = ijEi Bi = ijHi

ij = ii

ijjj ij = i

i ijjj 7

hus it shows that Maxwellrsquos equations in any arbitraryoordinates can be written in the same form as in Carte-ian coordinates However the EM parameters shouldhange their forms accordingly The media with trans-ormed material parameters ij and ij are called trans-ormation media The fields in the transformed media areinked to those in the original media by the coordinateransformation ie according to Eqs (5) and (6)

Equipped with the above knowledge we can calculateaterial parameters of compensated bilayer structures

asily Layer 1 in physical space has material parameters1= and 1= due to the identity transformation Theaterial parameters of layer 2 can be calculated throughq (7) Here it is noted that when the original layer inM space is composed of inhomogeneous media the bi-

ayer will also be composed of inhomogeneous mediaConsider the special example of a cylindrical bilayer of

ype A shown in Fig 2(a) It is calculated that layer 2 hasaterial parameters

2 =hr

r

dh

drdiag 1

dhdr

r

hr11 diag 1

dhdr

r

hr1

2 =hr

r

dh

drdiag 1

dhdr

r

hr11 diag 1

dhdr

r

hr1

8

here material parameters are expressed in cylindricaloordinates

Consider the special example of the compensated bi-ayer of type B shown in Fig 2(b) The material param-ters of layer 2 are derived as

2 =h

x1 diag 1

hx1 111 diag111

hx1

wo

3BTlbnblpe

dttHtvTtft

T

fT

w

s=ntondtea

t

BCtrnb

wgt=s

l

Frii

fioafHfcflfwsCnmtptb=Me=b

B42 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

2 =h

x1 diag111

hx11 diag 1

hx111 9

here material parameters are expressed in Cartesian co-rdinates

RELATIONSHIP OF FIELDS AT BILAYEROUNDARIEShe two outer boundaries S1 and S2 of a compensated bi-

ayer in the physical space are both mapped from theoundary S1 in the EM space Deployment of such coordi-ate mappings ensures a special feature of a compensatedilayer structure the fields at two boundaries of the bi-ayer connect with each other via the transformationrinciple as discussed in Section 2 In the following thexact field relationship between S1 and S2 will be derived

Let the EM fields at boundary S1 in the EM space beenoted by Ei HiS1

Since layer 1 is unchanged afterransformation the transformed fields at boundary S1 inhe physical space have EiS1

= EiS1and HiS1

= HiS1

ere we use ni t1i and t2i to denote the components ofhe unit normal vector and two orthogonal unit tangentialectors of the boundary S1 in the EM space respectivelyhe similar unit vectors at S1 in the physical space are

he same as those on S1 in the EM space The trans-ormed fields at S1 can be decomposed into normal andangential components as

En

Et1

Et2

S1

= En

Et1

Et2

S1

10

he magnetic fields have the same formNow consider boundary S2 in physical space The trans-

ormed fields are EiS2= i

iEiS1and HiS2

= iiHiS1

he electric fields at S2 can be written as

EiS2= i

init1it2iEn

Et1

Et2

S1

11

here we have made use of

EiS1= nit1it2i

En

Et1

Et2

S1

12

Consider the term iini t1i t2i on the right-hand

ide of Eq (11) One finds that iini t1i t2i

ni t1i t2i where ni t1i and t2i represent the compo-ents of the normal and tangential vectors at S2 in theransformed basis vectors ei with ei=i

i ei Since theriginal coordinates x1 x2 x3 are Cartesian coordi-ates one has e1= x1 e2= x2 and e3= x3 Then intro-uce t1i and t2i which represent the components of theangential vectors t1i and t2i in the basis vectors ei withi=gijej Thus one has t1it1i=t2it2i=1 t1it2i=t2it1i=0nd n t1i=n t2i=0 Multiplying both sides of Eq (11) by

i i

ni t1i t2iT where ni is defined as ni=ni to keep calcula-ion consistently in tensor form one has

ni

t1i

t2iEiS2=

nini nit1i nit2i

0 1 0

0 0 1

En

Et1

Et2

S1

13

y examining the three components of ni expressed inartesian basis vectors one can find that it represents

he normal direction of surface S2 Thus t1i and t2i rep-esent two different tangential directions of S2 sinceit1i=nit2i=0 and ni=ni With this information Eq (13)ecomes

En

Et1

Et2

S2

= niniN nit1iN nit2iN

0 1T1 0

0 0 1T2

En

Et1

Et2

S1

14

here En Et1 Et2S2represent the normal and the tan-

ential field components at S2 respectively which are de-ermined by ni t1i and t2i N is defined by Nn12+ n22+ n32 and T1 and T2 are defined in theame form but in terms of t1i and t2i respectively

By combining Eqs (10) and (14) the tangential field re-ationship between S1 and S2 is derived as

Et1S1= T1Et1S2

Et2S1= T2Et2S2

15

rom this equation we see that the fields at S1 and S2elate to each other by a scaling This field relationship isndependent of whether the bilayer is inhomogeneous an-sotropic

In the following it will be shown that the boundary-eld relationship Eq (15) is dependent only on M thene-to-one point mapping function from surface S1 to S2nd is independent of the domain transformation functionrom xi to xi This property will be used in Section 4ere it should be recalled that different transformation

unctions can share the same M This is similar to thease for obtaining an invisibility cloak where one has theexibility to choose either a linear or a nonlinear trans-ormation function as long as the outer cloak boundary al-ays is kept intact for the chosen transformation Con-

ider two points with infinitesimal distance dl denoted byand D on surface S1 Assume that the vector CD de-

oted by aidxi just lies in the direction of the vector t1i

t1i=t1i Thus one has t1i=aidxi dl Considering aapping M from S1 to S2 aidxi will become aidxi where

he values of aidxi are determined by the boundary map-ing M Thus one has t1i=aidxi dl This indicateshat the tangential direction t1i on S2 is determined onlyy the mapping M It follows that T1a1dx12+ a2dx22+ a3dx32 dl which also depends on

only The same procedures apply for t2i and T2 In thextreme case when S2 is equal to S1 one has t1i=t1i t2i

t2i and T1=T2=1 and Eq (15) is just the continuousoundary conditions

2

4AafroegcrFfbtmbaaITtat

sfifi(

bI

T(

Tabrns

ggignasrtrgIs

al

saist

Forgn

Fgri(w

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As an example considering the bilayer structure in Fig(a) one can easily calculate that

EzS1= EzS2

ES1=

b

aES2

HzS1= EzS2

HS1=

b

aES2

16

PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONSs discussed above we know that the fields at two bound-ries of the bilayer relate to each other by a scaling In theollowing it will be shown that this special property willesult in the nihility of the bilayer That is an observerutside the bilayer can feel the same fields as nonexist-nce of the bilayer Consider an observer say Bob in re-ion I The scattering fields observed by him are as if theyome from a region denoted as region II connecting di-ectly with region I via boundary S1 This is illustrated inig 3(a) Region II can be obtained by making a trans-

ormation from region II while boundary S2 is mapped tooundary S1 according to the function Mminus1 Note thathere are many choices for region II since there existany spatial transformation functions sharing the same

oundary mapping function Mminus1 And the other wayround if Bob is in region II the fields observed by himre as if they are coming from a region denoted as region connecting directly with region II via boundary S2his is illustrated in Fig 3(b) Region I can be obtained

hrough a transformation based on region I with bound-ry S1 mapped to boundary S2 according to M Againhere are many choices for region I

To show the validity of the above statements we con-ider the case as shown in Fig 3(a) Assume that the EMelds in regions I and II are denoted as Ei

I HiI and

EiII Hi

II respectively It is known that the tangentialelds at boundaries S1 and S2 relate to each other via Eq

15) The transformed fields in region II are denoted as

ig 3 (Color online) For the bilayer structure of type A (a) anbserver in region I perceives the fields as if the fields were fromegion II connected directly with region I (b) An observer in re-ion II perceives the fields as if the fields were from region I con-ected directly with region II

EiII Hi

II which can be calculated from EiII Hi

II Sinceoundary S2 of region II maps to boundary S1 of regionI according to the mapping function Mminus1 we can have

Et1II S1

= 1T1Et1II S2

Et2II S1

= 1T2Et2II S2

17

his is derived similarly as for Eq (15) Combining Eqs15) and (17) one has

Et1II S1

= Et1I S1

Et2II S1

= Et2I S1

18

his indicates that the fields EiI Hi

I and EiII Hi

II canutomatically fulfill the continuous boundary conditionetween regions I and II Thus it is proved that Bob inegion I perceives the same fields as if region II is con-ected with region I directly When Bob is in region II aimilar argument can also be proved

For the bilayer structure of type B the background re-ion is connected However one can generate two back-round regions by introducing an extra boundary Thisdea is illustrated in Fig 4 Refering to Fig 4(a) the re-ion outside the extra boundary S4 and boundary S1 is de-oted as region I while the region inside the boundary S4nd S2 is denoted as region II Similarly to the bilayertructure of type A Bob in region III feels the fields as ifegion II I were connected to region III this is illus-rated in Figs 4(a) and 4(b) Conversely we can transformegion II I to region III without changing fields in re-ion III by attaching a compensated bilayer to regionII This mechanism has been deployed in [27] to demon-trate illusion optics

Having proved the nihility of a compensated bilayer were ready to discuss the following the property of a bi-ayer

Invariant scattering Scattering caused by a compen-ated bilayer with the same shape and the same bound-ry mapping function M remains the same regardless ofts material parameters Consider a compensated bilayertructure placed in an arbitrary background Owing tohe perfect nihility a change in the material parameters

ig 4 (Color online) By inducing an extra boundary S4 the re-ion outside the bilayer structure of type B can be separated intoegions I and II (a) An observer in region I perceives the fields asf the fields were from region II connected directly with region Ib) An observer in region II perceives the fields as if the fieldsere from region I connected directly with region II

oecIis

abcptpthfBtsts

t

maosIsfapHb

tiltBsogmvtImtcrdt

wwjg

l

ecf

5CAcbbdcaaiTxpopaba

hp=de[

wfiflvedtcatxatal

1Aflfq=ig1dtc[

B44 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

f the bilayer ie from a change in the material param-ters of the original single layer in EM space will nothange the field distributions in background regions I andI This indicates that the scattered field by the bilayer isndependent of the material parameters of the bilayertructure

It should be mentioned that the phenomenon of invari-nt scattering can be extended to active obstacles For theilayer of type A if a noise source is present in layer 1 aomplementary source can be placed in a correspondingosition in layer 2 to annihilate the radiation caused byhe source in layer 1 This can be classified as a separateroperty of the compensated bilayer referred to as ldquoradia-ion cancellationrdquo For the bilayer of type A this subjectas been studied in [23] However to our knowledge so

ar the subject has not been studied for the bilayer of type In fact we have noticed that the phenomenon of radia-

ion cancellation by the bilayer of type B is not always astraightforward as the case for the bilayer of type A De-ailed investigations of this phenomenon will be pre-ented in a future publication

In addition based on our above discussion one may findhe following applications for a compensated bilayer

Perfect imaging With the right choice of backgroundaterial one can transfer EM fields from one boundary ofcompensated bilayer to the other perfectly with or with-

ut a linear scaling To require zero reflection it is neces-ary for region I (II) to be perfectly matched with regionI I This in turn gives the required material relation-hip between regions I and II It is worth noting that per-ect imaging is even possible in the presence of passivend active obstacles [2332] If a passive scatterer isresent in the bilayer the image quality will be degradedowever one can put a complementary scatterer in theilayer to recover the imageOptical illusion An object appears as another object

o an observer in a different domain Consider an examplen which a scatterer is put inside region II of a type A bi-ayer structure as in Fig 2(a) Assume that region II hashe same material parameters as region I In this caseob in region I perceives the scatterer as a magnifiedcatterer in a background with the material parametersf region I since the scatterer will be magnified when re-ion II is transformed to region II Such an llusion ofagnification was previously discussed in [2526] Con-

ersely if the scatterer is in region I and region I hashe same material parameters as region II Bob in regionI will feel a shrunk scatterer in the background with theaterial parameters of region II For the bilayer struc-

ure of type B a similar phenomenon of optical illusionan also occur as discussed in [27] If the object is put inegion II (I) region II (I) is just the restoring medium asefined in [27] To an observer in region I (II) it appearshat an an object is present in region II I

Invisibility cloaking An object is made invisibleithout perturbing the incident fields For this purposee can put a compensating object to offset the original ob-

ect in a compensated structure To achieve invisibility re-ion I (II) should be impedance matched with region III This phenomenon has been well discussed in [17]

In the following we will focus on demonstrating the fol-owing properties and applications of compensated bilay-

rs perfect imaging and invariant scattering The appli-ations to optical illusion and invisibility cloaking can beound in [1725ndash27]

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS FOROMPENSATED BILAYER Slab-shaped Compensated Bilayer of Type A

ompensated bilayer in slab geometry can be constructedy an identity transformation plus a coordinate inversionased on a single slab layer Suppose that the bilayer un-er study is oriented perpendicular to x1 For ease of dis-ussion we assume that the surface S1 is at x1=a whereis a constant and the transformation concerns only x1

nd x1 The transformation function for the coordinatenversion is denoted by x1=hx1 with a negative slopehe left and right boundaries of the bilayer ie x1=a and1=b are both mapped from x1=a Layer 1 has materialarameters 1 and 1 which are the same as those of theriginal single slab Layer 2 has material parameters ex-ressed by Eq (9) since the folding function is the sames that in Fig 2(b) Consider two regions separated by theilayer Region I has the material parameters I and Ind region II has the material parameters II and IIAssume that the inversion transformation function

x1 is a linear function with a slope of minusp where0 From Eq (9) it is derived that 2minusp diagminus1p 1 11 diagminus1p 1 1 2=minuspiagminus1p 1 11 diagminus1p 1 1 When p=1 the abovequations describe exactly the complementary media in3233]

In [3233] it is stated that a slab compensated bilayerhen put in a homogenous background can transfer EMelds perfectly from one interface to the other without re-ections Here we see that transformation optics pro-ides a clear geometrical interpretation of this phenom-non In addition transformation optics enables theesign of a much broader class of compensated bilayershan those proposed in [3233] One can easily extend aompensated bilayer to the following situations (1) p1ndor (2) hx1 is a nonlinear function andor (3) theransformation function concerns all coordinates not only1 and x1 andor (4) the single slab in EM space containsrbitrary inhomogeneity anisotropy [23] This facilitateshe unification of a range of perfect previously studied im-ging devices including Pendryrsquos perfect lens the bilayerens made of indefinite media

Perfect Imagings discussed in Section 4 perfect imaging requires the re-ectionless condition That is region I (II) should be per-

ectly matched with region II I in impedance This re-uirement can be satisfied easily when 1=II and 1II since region II I can be obtained easily by shift-

ng region II (I) The simplest case is that background re-ions on both side are free space In addition when layeris also free space layer 2 would be a left-handed me-

ium with n=minus1 The obtained bilayer is none other thanhe perfect slab lens in [34] Since optical imaging forompensated bilayers in slab shape has been discussed in32] and more comprehensively in [23] here we will pro-

vtremti

BHtircfmrbp

a=ft

Iads

1Pmlgri=set

sh

o=

Ttsd=sgm

btwnlcl=Io=rt=minusminustata5mpw=tfbtmsTf

ords

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B45

ide no further discussion It is meaningful to point outhat perfect imaging with free-space background in bothegions I and II is applicable only to compensated bilay-rs in slab geometry For all other bilayers backgroundaterials have to be chosen carefully in order to achieve

he reflectionless condition as will be shown in the follow-ng subsections

Cylindrical-Shaped Compensated Bilayer of Type Aere we numerically examine a compensated bilayer ob-

ained by transforming a cylindrical shell as illustratedn Fig 2(a) For ease of discussion we use cylindricalather than Cartesian coordinates The original cylindri-al coordinates are denoted as r z and the trans-ormed coordinates are denoted as r z The transfor-ation function concerns only r and r and is denoted as

=hr with a negative slope Layer 1 is in region arc while layer 2 is in region crb The relationship

etween material parameters in layers 1 and 2 is ex-ressed in Eq (8)Consider the case when and can be expressed di-

gonally in cylindrical coordinates ie 1=diag1r 1 1z and 1==diag1r 1 1z Then

rom Eq (8) the expressions for 2 and 2 can be reducedo

2 = diag hr

rhr1r

rhr

hr1

hrhr

r1z

2 = diag hr

rhr1r

rhr

hr1

hrhr

r1z 19

t is easily found that the material parameters in layers 1nd 2 should have different signs since hr0 andh dr0 This is a common requirement for a compen-ated bilayer

Perfect Imagingerfect imaging requires that region I be perfectlyatched with region II All free-space background is no

onger able to satisfy the requirement in this cylindricaleometry One can start by considering that regions I andegion II have identical material parameters Region IIs then transformed back to region II with boundary ra mapped to r=b The simplest transformation functionatisfying this boundary transformation condition is a lin-ar function expressed as r=ra b Under this linearransformation region II has material parameters

II = diag11a

bI diag11a

b

II = diag11a

bI diag11a

b 20

We consider the simplest case where region I is freepace In addition hr is a linear function expressed asr= rminusbcminusa cminusb+a Thus one has I=I=1 and

= =diag11 a b2

II II

If the original single layer is composed of free spacene obtains the material parameters of the bilayer as 11=1 and

2r = 2r =rc minus a + ca minus b

rc minus a

2 = 2 =rc minus a

rc minus a + ca minus b

2z = 2z =rc minus a2 + ca minus bc minus a

rc minus b2 21

he material parameters of layer 2 are all negative Whenhe slope of hr is 1 layer 1 and layer 2 will have theame thickness and the material parameters can be re-uced to 2r=2r= rminus2c r 2=2=r rminus2c and 2z2z= rminus2c r This is just the cylindrical superlenstudied in [24] This type of cylindrical superlens is analo-ous to Pendryrsquos slab superlens in superlensing perfor-anceIf layer 1 is composed of some indefinite medium (with

oth positive and negative tensor components in its ma-erial parameters) in EM space the compensated bilayerill accordingly be composed of indefinite media This sce-ario was previously studied by Smith and Schurig but

imited only to slab geometry [35] Here we propose aompensated bilayer lens made of indefinite media in cy-indrical geometry As a particular example we choose a15 b=05 and c= Region I is free space and regionI has material parameters II=II=diag119 Theriginal single layer is an indefinite medium with diag1minus11 and =diagminus111 By using a linearadial transformation function with a slope of 1 we ob-ain the material parameters of layers 1 and 2 as 1diag1minus11 and 1=diagminus111 2=diagrminus2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r and 2=diagminusrminus4 r r r4 rminus4 r We consider an EM wave propagating in

rminus plane with TE polarization (ie the E field is alonghe z direction) For this special polarization consider-tion the material parameters of region II can be reducedo II=9 and II=1 The material parameters of layers 1nd 2 relevant to the TE polarization are plotted in Figs(a) and 5(b) respectively We deploy the finite-elementethod from the commercial COMSOL Multiphysics

ackage to carry out numerical simulations In the full-ave simulation a line current source is positioned at (rminus155 ) near S1 The simulated electric field dis-

ribution is plotted in Fig 6 It is seen that the field per-ectly transfers from S1 to S2 almost without distortionut with a simple linear scaling An image of the source isherefore formed at S2 It should be noticed that for nu-erical simulations in this work all material parameters

maller than 1 are given a small imaginary part of 0006ihis is the reason behind the finite scattering perceivable

rom Fig 6For a cylindrical bilayer constructed using this method

nly one layer of the bilayers has gradient material pa-ameters One can however choose to construct a cylin-rical compensated bilayer by rolling up a slab compen-ated bilayer as in [3236] In that case both layers of the

oom

2Hifrdtbl

btdiifit

3Aoncnis[dcwaTafggAg(sFf

Fscstli

Fo

Fbminus

B46 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

btained cylindrical bilayer plus the background regionsutside and inside the bilayer all need to have gradientaterial parameters which is certainly not desirable

Invariant Scatteringere we will show that the scattering caused by a bilayer

s related only to its geometry and the boundary mappingunction M and is independent of the bilayer material pa-ameters as long as its construction follows the rules ad-ressed in this paper As a demonstration we examinehe scattering caused by the two cylindrical bilayers Oneilayer is as the same as studied in Fig 6 The other bi-ayer has the same geometrical parameters as in Fig 6

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus200

0

200

ig 6 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a line currentource located at (r=155 ) interacting with a cylindricalompensated bilayer composed of indefinite media The compen-ated bilayer lens has the same parameters as in Fig 5 excepthat material parameters smaller than 1 are all given a smalloss of 0006i Region II has material parameters of II=9 andII=1 The bilayer is outlined by solid lines The source and the

mage are denoted by an asterisk

1 125 1minus2

minus1

0

1

2

Mat

eria

lPar

amet

ers

micro31r

micro31θ

ε31z

(a)ig 5 (Color online) Material parameters of a cylindrical compf layer 1 (b) material parameters of layer 2

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2 minus

minus

0

1

2

(a)ig 7 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a plane wavilayer having the same geometrical parameters as in Fig2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r Regions I and II are free space The

ut has different material parameters as 1=1=1 and2=2=diagrminus2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r In both caseshe background regions I and II are free space The fieldistributions simulated as a plane wave incident from leftnfinity are shown in Figs 7(a) and 7(b) By comparison its observed that regions I and II have almost the sameeld distributions indicating identical scattering charac-eristics of the two bilayers

Optical Illusions discussed above if a scatterer is put in region II anbserver will feel as if the scattered field is from a mag-ified scatterer located in region II This has been dis-ussed in [2526] with lenses made of media with all-egative material components Conversely if a scatterer

s put in region I the observer in region II will feel ahrunk scatterer This phenomenon has been indicated in32] but with no numerical examples given Here we willemonstrate this phenomenon numerically with a con-rete example Region I is transformed from region Ihich is restricted by the condition that region Irsquos bound-ry S1 ie r=a be transformed to the boundary r=bhe simplest transformation satisfying this restriction islinear function with r=rb a Using this transformation

unction one can easily get the material parameters of re-ion I In our example the material parameters of re-ions I II and the bilayer are the same as that in Fig 6perfect electric conductor (PEC) cylinder is added in re-

ion I The cylinder has a radius of 15 and is located atr=3 ) The simulated electric field distributionubject to a line current source at the origin is plotted inig 8(a) Transforming region I to I with a linear trans-

ormation function r=r 3 one finds that the correspond-

05 075 1minus4

minus2

0

2

4

Mat

erai

lPar

amet

ers

micro32r

micro32θ

ε32z

)d bilayer composed of indefinite media (a) Material parameters

x1λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2 minus2

minus1

0

1

2

)left infinity interacting with (a) the bilayer as in Fig 6 (b) thedifferent material parameters 1=1=1 and 2=2=diagr

r is outlined by solid lines

5(b

ensate

2

1

2

(be from6 butbilaye

iog=pswa8t

C

1Hllaetzrgwib

dminusmminus=s

sttn

2Fahspidep+d=idbtbs

6Iomvptttmcs

FbFr

Fpcsb+minus=ss

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B47

ng PEC cylinder changes to a smaller size with a radiusf 05 and is located at (r= ) The free-space back-round in region I changes to a medium with I=Idiag119 which is as the same as in region II For TEolarization the material parameters reduce to I=9 and

I=1 Thus an observer in region II will feel a shrunkcatterer in a medium with b=9 and b=1 To verify thise simulate the interaction of the same source with suchshrunk scatterer placed in a background with b=9 andb=1 The resulted field distribution is plotted in Fig(b) Comparing Figs 8(a) and 8(b) one can notice almosthe same field distributions as in region II

Compensated Bilayer of Type B

Perfect Imagingere we consider a square-shaped bilayer of type B as il-

ustrated in Fig 9(a) Referring to the figure layer 1 andayer 2 are connected through the squarersquos diagonal with

length of Layer 2 is obtained by folding layer 1 lin-arly in the x1 direction Thus the material parameters ofhe bilayer should fulfill 1=minus2 and 1=minus2 To achieveero reflection region I should be perfectly matched withegion II [see Fig 3(a)] To find an appropriate back-round combination we may start with an EM spacehere regions I and II are both free space fulfilling the

mpedance matching condition Region II can be obtainedy a compression of region II For our example this can

minus05 0 05

minus050

05

x1 λ

x2 λ

minus4 minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus20minus100100

RegionII

(a)ig 8 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a line currenedded in region I (b) a PEC cylinder in the background with big 6 The PEC cylinder in (a) located at (r=3 ) has a raadius of 05 The bilayer and the PEC cylinder are outlined by

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2minus2

minus1

0

1

2

minus400

minus200

0

200

(b)(a)

ig 9 (Color online) (a) Illustration of a square-shaped com-ensated bilayer of type B (b) Electric field distribution for a lineurrent source J1=a13x1minus0313x2minus03x3 interacting with thequare-shaped compensated bilayer as in (a) The compensatedilayer has material parameters 1=1=1 and 2=2=minus10006i Region II has material parameters II=II= 5minus30320002 for the half part of x20 and II=II530320002 for the half part of x20 Region I is freepace The bilayer and region II are outlined by solid lines theource and the image are denoted by

one with transformation functions x1=12x1+3205

absx2 x2=x2 and x3=x3 In this way we obtain theaterial parameters of region II as II=II= 5minus30320002 for the half part of x20 and II=II530320002 for the half part of x20 In theimulation we take the bilayer material parameters as1=1=1 and 2=2=minus1+0006i A line current source iset to be J=a13x1minus0313x2minus03z The simulated elec-ric field distribution is plotted in Fig 9(b) It is observedhat the field transfers from boundary S1 to boundary S2early perfectly and an image is formed at boundary S2

Invariant Scatteringor this case we consider a compensated bilayer of type Bs illustrated in Fig 2(b) The inversion mapping functionx1 is a linear function with a negative slope of 1 Thehape of the bilayer is just a perfect clinder The materialarameters of the bilayer can be obtained from Eq (9)e 1=minus2 and 1=minus2 The invariant scattering can beemonstrated with two bilayers sharing the same geom-try One bilayer has a radius of 05 and has materialarameters 1=4 and 1=1 1=minus4+0006i and 1=minus10006i The other bilayer has the same geometry but hasifferent material parameters as 1=3 and 1=3 and 2minus3+0006i and 2=minus3+0006i Both bilayers are placed

n a free-space background When a plane wave is inci-ent from left infinity the field distributions for the twoilayers are as plotted in Figs 10(a) and 10(b) respec-ively By comparison it is observed that the field distri-utions in the free-space background are almost theame

CONCLUSIONSn this paper we have presented a comprehensive studyn generalized compensated bilayers based on transfor-ation optics The compensated bilayers are broadly di-

ided into two categories according to their geometricalroperties Both types of compensated bilayers can be ob-ained by making a folding-style coordinate transforma-ion based on a single material layer in the EM space Thewo outer boundaries of a compensated bilayer are bothapped from a single surface in the EM space Therefore

ompensated bilayers exhibit nihility an external ob-erver can feel the same fields as nonexistence of the bi-

x1 λ

x2 λ

minus4 minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus200minus1000100

minus05 0 05

minus050

05

RegionII

)ce located at the origin interacting with (a) a PEC cylinder em-b=1 The compensated bilayer has the same parameters as in

f 15 The PEC cylinder in (b) located at at (r= ) has alines

00

(bt sour

=9 anddius osolid

lscfpvccp

ATSC

R

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

Fwo+

B48 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

ayer This feature leads to the phenomenon of invariantcattering When the background is designed properly aompensated bilayer can transfer the EM field perfectlyrom one surface to the other without any scattering Thisroperty allows compensated bilayers to function as de-ices for achieving perfect imaging achieving invisibilityloaking and creating illusion optics Extensive numeri-al examples are presented to demonstrate the identifiedroperties and applications

CKNOWLEDGMENTShis work is supported by the Swedish Foundation fortrategic Research (SSF) and the Swedish Researchouncil (VR)

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x1λx2 λ

minus1 0 1

minus1

0

1 minus

0

3

(a)ig 10 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a plane wavhich has a radius of 05 and material parameters as 1=4 an

f type B which has the same geometry as in (a) but different m0006i The region outside the bilayer is free space The bilayer

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x1λ

minus1 0 1

minus1

0

1 minus3

0

3

)left infinity interacting with (a) a cylindrical bilayer of type Band 2=minus4+0006i and 2=minus1+0006i (b) a cylindrical bilayerl parameters as 1=3 and 1=3 and 2=minus3+0006i and 2=minus3lined by solid lines

3

2

(be from

d 1=1ateriais out

3

3

3

3

3

3

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6 J B Pendry ldquoPerfect cylindrical lensesrdquo Opt Express 11

750ndash760 (2003)

Tritsapffl

BAestrfm

wddtepTfiis

cnt

w

M

w

w

b

T

Tcscfflt

memEEl

tm

wc

le

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B41

wo background regions denoted as I and II are sepa-ated by the bilayer The transformation function for thenversion is expressed as r=hr In Fig 2(b) it is seenhat a compensated bilayer structure of type B is con-tructed by folding a half cylinder along one Cartesianxis direction from the EM space x1 x2 x3 to thehysical space x1 x2 x3 The inversion transformationunction is expressed as x1=hx1 When hx1 is a linearunction with slope of 1 the obtained bilayer has a cy-indrical shape

Material Parameters of the Compensated Bilayerssume that layer 1 in the EM space has material param-ters and The Cartesian coordinates in the EMpace are denoted as x1 x2 x3 which are transformedo coordinates x1 x2 x3 in the physical space The mate-ial parameters of the transformed bilayer ie the trans-ormation medium are determined by certain transfor-ation principles to be introduced in the followingMaxwellrsquos equations in Cartesian coordinates

x1 x2 x3 are expressed as [5]

Dii = 0 Bii = 0

ijkEkj = minusBi

t ijkHkj =

Di

t

Di = ijEj Bi = ijHj 1

here Einsteinrsquos convention of summing over repeated in-ices is employed the subscript ldquoirdquo represents partialifferentiation to coordinate xi ijk is the permuta-ion symbol which is defined by ijk=1 if ijk is anven permutation of 123 ijk=minus1 if ijk is an oddermutation of 123 and ijk=0 for the other caseshe metric tensor denoted as gij which relates the in-nitesimal length measurement dS to coordinates dxi

e dS2=gijdxidxj is just gij=diag111 for Carte-ian coordinates

Consider a coordinate transformation from Cartesianoordinates x1 x2 x3 to arbitrary coordinatesx1 x2 x3 The metric tensor for the transformed coordi-ates is denoted as gij which relates the original metricensor gij via [5]

gij = iigijj

j 2

here the Jacobian matrix ii is written as

ii =

x1

x1

x1

x2

x1

x3

x2

x1

x2

x2

x2

x3

x3

x1

x3

x2

x3

x3

3

axwellrsquos equations in transformed coordinatesx1 x2 x3 can be written as [5]

Dii = 0 Bii = 0

ijkEkj = minusBi

t ijkHkj =

Di

t+ ji 4

ith

Ei = iiEi Hi = i

iHi

Di = ii Di Bi = i

i Bi 5

here ii = i

iminus1 and =detii

One can rearrange Eq (4) in the same form as Eq (1)y using scalings

Di = Di Bi = Bi 6

he new constitutive equations can be obtained as

Di = ijEi Bi = ijHi

ij = ii

ijjj ij = i

i ijjj 7

hus it shows that Maxwellrsquos equations in any arbitraryoordinates can be written in the same form as in Carte-ian coordinates However the EM parameters shouldhange their forms accordingly The media with trans-ormed material parameters ij and ij are called trans-ormation media The fields in the transformed media areinked to those in the original media by the coordinateransformation ie according to Eqs (5) and (6)

Equipped with the above knowledge we can calculateaterial parameters of compensated bilayer structures

asily Layer 1 in physical space has material parameters1= and 1= due to the identity transformation Theaterial parameters of layer 2 can be calculated throughq (7) Here it is noted that when the original layer inM space is composed of inhomogeneous media the bi-

ayer will also be composed of inhomogeneous mediaConsider the special example of a cylindrical bilayer of

ype A shown in Fig 2(a) It is calculated that layer 2 hasaterial parameters

2 =hr

r

dh

drdiag 1

dhdr

r

hr11 diag 1

dhdr

r

hr1

2 =hr

r

dh

drdiag 1

dhdr

r

hr11 diag 1

dhdr

r

hr1

8

here material parameters are expressed in cylindricaloordinates

Consider the special example of the compensated bi-ayer of type B shown in Fig 2(b) The material param-ters of layer 2 are derived as

2 =h

x1 diag 1

hx1 111 diag111

hx1

wo

3BTlbnblpe

dttHtvTtft

T

fT

w

s=ntondtea

t

BCtrnb

wgt=s

l

Frii

fioafHfcflfwsCnmtptb=Me=b

B42 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

2 =h

x1 diag111

hx11 diag 1

hx111 9

here material parameters are expressed in Cartesian co-rdinates

RELATIONSHIP OF FIELDS AT BILAYEROUNDARIEShe two outer boundaries S1 and S2 of a compensated bi-

ayer in the physical space are both mapped from theoundary S1 in the EM space Deployment of such coordi-ate mappings ensures a special feature of a compensatedilayer structure the fields at two boundaries of the bi-ayer connect with each other via the transformationrinciple as discussed in Section 2 In the following thexact field relationship between S1 and S2 will be derived

Let the EM fields at boundary S1 in the EM space beenoted by Ei HiS1

Since layer 1 is unchanged afterransformation the transformed fields at boundary S1 inhe physical space have EiS1

= EiS1and HiS1

= HiS1

ere we use ni t1i and t2i to denote the components ofhe unit normal vector and two orthogonal unit tangentialectors of the boundary S1 in the EM space respectivelyhe similar unit vectors at S1 in the physical space are

he same as those on S1 in the EM space The trans-ormed fields at S1 can be decomposed into normal andangential components as

En

Et1

Et2

S1

= En

Et1

Et2

S1

10

he magnetic fields have the same formNow consider boundary S2 in physical space The trans-

ormed fields are EiS2= i

iEiS1and HiS2

= iiHiS1

he electric fields at S2 can be written as

EiS2= i

init1it2iEn

Et1

Et2

S1

11

here we have made use of

EiS1= nit1it2i

En

Et1

Et2

S1

12

Consider the term iini t1i t2i on the right-hand

ide of Eq (11) One finds that iini t1i t2i

ni t1i t2i where ni t1i and t2i represent the compo-ents of the normal and tangential vectors at S2 in theransformed basis vectors ei with ei=i

i ei Since theriginal coordinates x1 x2 x3 are Cartesian coordi-ates one has e1= x1 e2= x2 and e3= x3 Then intro-uce t1i and t2i which represent the components of theangential vectors t1i and t2i in the basis vectors ei withi=gijej Thus one has t1it1i=t2it2i=1 t1it2i=t2it1i=0nd n t1i=n t2i=0 Multiplying both sides of Eq (11) by

i i

ni t1i t2iT where ni is defined as ni=ni to keep calcula-ion consistently in tensor form one has

ni

t1i

t2iEiS2=

nini nit1i nit2i

0 1 0

0 0 1

En

Et1

Et2

S1

13

y examining the three components of ni expressed inartesian basis vectors one can find that it represents

he normal direction of surface S2 Thus t1i and t2i rep-esent two different tangential directions of S2 sinceit1i=nit2i=0 and ni=ni With this information Eq (13)ecomes

En

Et1

Et2

S2

= niniN nit1iN nit2iN

0 1T1 0

0 0 1T2

En

Et1

Et2

S1

14

here En Et1 Et2S2represent the normal and the tan-

ential field components at S2 respectively which are de-ermined by ni t1i and t2i N is defined by Nn12+ n22+ n32 and T1 and T2 are defined in theame form but in terms of t1i and t2i respectively

By combining Eqs (10) and (14) the tangential field re-ationship between S1 and S2 is derived as

Et1S1= T1Et1S2

Et2S1= T2Et2S2

15

rom this equation we see that the fields at S1 and S2elate to each other by a scaling This field relationship isndependent of whether the bilayer is inhomogeneous an-sotropic

In the following it will be shown that the boundary-eld relationship Eq (15) is dependent only on M thene-to-one point mapping function from surface S1 to S2nd is independent of the domain transformation functionrom xi to xi This property will be used in Section 4ere it should be recalled that different transformation

unctions can share the same M This is similar to thease for obtaining an invisibility cloak where one has theexibility to choose either a linear or a nonlinear trans-ormation function as long as the outer cloak boundary al-ays is kept intact for the chosen transformation Con-

ider two points with infinitesimal distance dl denoted byand D on surface S1 Assume that the vector CD de-

oted by aidxi just lies in the direction of the vector t1i

t1i=t1i Thus one has t1i=aidxi dl Considering aapping M from S1 to S2 aidxi will become aidxi where

he values of aidxi are determined by the boundary map-ing M Thus one has t1i=aidxi dl This indicateshat the tangential direction t1i on S2 is determined onlyy the mapping M It follows that T1a1dx12+ a2dx22+ a3dx32 dl which also depends on

only The same procedures apply for t2i and T2 In thextreme case when S2 is equal to S1 one has t1i=t1i t2i

t2i and T1=T2=1 and Eq (15) is just the continuousoundary conditions

2

4AafroegcrFfbtmbaaITtat

sfifi(

bI

T(

Tabrns

ggignasrtrgIs

al

saist

Forgn

Fgri(w

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B43

As an example considering the bilayer structure in Fig(a) one can easily calculate that

EzS1= EzS2

ES1=

b

aES2

HzS1= EzS2

HS1=

b

aES2

16

PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONSs discussed above we know that the fields at two bound-ries of the bilayer relate to each other by a scaling In theollowing it will be shown that this special property willesult in the nihility of the bilayer That is an observerutside the bilayer can feel the same fields as nonexist-nce of the bilayer Consider an observer say Bob in re-ion I The scattering fields observed by him are as if theyome from a region denoted as region II connecting di-ectly with region I via boundary S1 This is illustrated inig 3(a) Region II can be obtained by making a trans-

ormation from region II while boundary S2 is mapped tooundary S1 according to the function Mminus1 Note thathere are many choices for region II since there existany spatial transformation functions sharing the same

oundary mapping function Mminus1 And the other wayround if Bob is in region II the fields observed by himre as if they are coming from a region denoted as region connecting directly with region II via boundary S2his is illustrated in Fig 3(b) Region I can be obtained

hrough a transformation based on region I with bound-ry S1 mapped to boundary S2 according to M Againhere are many choices for region I

To show the validity of the above statements we con-ider the case as shown in Fig 3(a) Assume that the EMelds in regions I and II are denoted as Ei

I HiI and

EiII Hi

II respectively It is known that the tangentialelds at boundaries S1 and S2 relate to each other via Eq

15) The transformed fields in region II are denoted as

ig 3 (Color online) For the bilayer structure of type A (a) anbserver in region I perceives the fields as if the fields were fromegion II connected directly with region I (b) An observer in re-ion II perceives the fields as if the fields were from region I con-ected directly with region II

EiII Hi

II which can be calculated from EiII Hi

II Sinceoundary S2 of region II maps to boundary S1 of regionI according to the mapping function Mminus1 we can have

Et1II S1

= 1T1Et1II S2

Et2II S1

= 1T2Et2II S2

17

his is derived similarly as for Eq (15) Combining Eqs15) and (17) one has

Et1II S1

= Et1I S1

Et2II S1

= Et2I S1

18

his indicates that the fields EiI Hi

I and EiII Hi

II canutomatically fulfill the continuous boundary conditionetween regions I and II Thus it is proved that Bob inegion I perceives the same fields as if region II is con-ected with region I directly When Bob is in region II aimilar argument can also be proved

For the bilayer structure of type B the background re-ion is connected However one can generate two back-round regions by introducing an extra boundary Thisdea is illustrated in Fig 4 Refering to Fig 4(a) the re-ion outside the extra boundary S4 and boundary S1 is de-oted as region I while the region inside the boundary S4nd S2 is denoted as region II Similarly to the bilayertructure of type A Bob in region III feels the fields as ifegion II I were connected to region III this is illus-rated in Figs 4(a) and 4(b) Conversely we can transformegion II I to region III without changing fields in re-ion III by attaching a compensated bilayer to regionII This mechanism has been deployed in [27] to demon-trate illusion optics

Having proved the nihility of a compensated bilayer were ready to discuss the following the property of a bi-ayer

Invariant scattering Scattering caused by a compen-ated bilayer with the same shape and the same bound-ry mapping function M remains the same regardless ofts material parameters Consider a compensated bilayertructure placed in an arbitrary background Owing tohe perfect nihility a change in the material parameters

ig 4 (Color online) By inducing an extra boundary S4 the re-ion outside the bilayer structure of type B can be separated intoegions I and II (a) An observer in region I perceives the fields asf the fields were from region II connected directly with region Ib) An observer in region II perceives the fields as if the fieldsere from region I connected directly with region II

oecIis

abcptpthfBtsts

t

maosIsfapHb

tiltBsogmvtImtcrdt

wwjg

l

ecf

5CAcbbdcaaiTxpopaba

hp=de[

wfiflvedtcatxatal

1Aflfq=ig1dtc[

B44 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

f the bilayer ie from a change in the material param-ters of the original single layer in EM space will nothange the field distributions in background regions I andI This indicates that the scattered field by the bilayer isndependent of the material parameters of the bilayertructure

It should be mentioned that the phenomenon of invari-nt scattering can be extended to active obstacles For theilayer of type A if a noise source is present in layer 1 aomplementary source can be placed in a correspondingosition in layer 2 to annihilate the radiation caused byhe source in layer 1 This can be classified as a separateroperty of the compensated bilayer referred to as ldquoradia-ion cancellationrdquo For the bilayer of type A this subjectas been studied in [23] However to our knowledge so

ar the subject has not been studied for the bilayer of type In fact we have noticed that the phenomenon of radia-

ion cancellation by the bilayer of type B is not always astraightforward as the case for the bilayer of type A De-ailed investigations of this phenomenon will be pre-ented in a future publication

In addition based on our above discussion one may findhe following applications for a compensated bilayer

Perfect imaging With the right choice of backgroundaterial one can transfer EM fields from one boundary ofcompensated bilayer to the other perfectly with or with-

ut a linear scaling To require zero reflection it is neces-ary for region I (II) to be perfectly matched with regionI I This in turn gives the required material relation-hip between regions I and II It is worth noting that per-ect imaging is even possible in the presence of passivend active obstacles [2332] If a passive scatterer isresent in the bilayer the image quality will be degradedowever one can put a complementary scatterer in theilayer to recover the imageOptical illusion An object appears as another object

o an observer in a different domain Consider an examplen which a scatterer is put inside region II of a type A bi-ayer structure as in Fig 2(a) Assume that region II hashe same material parameters as region I In this caseob in region I perceives the scatterer as a magnifiedcatterer in a background with the material parametersf region I since the scatterer will be magnified when re-ion II is transformed to region II Such an llusion ofagnification was previously discussed in [2526] Con-

ersely if the scatterer is in region I and region I hashe same material parameters as region II Bob in regionI will feel a shrunk scatterer in the background with theaterial parameters of region II For the bilayer struc-

ure of type B a similar phenomenon of optical illusionan also occur as discussed in [27] If the object is put inegion II (I) region II (I) is just the restoring medium asefined in [27] To an observer in region I (II) it appearshat an an object is present in region II I

Invisibility cloaking An object is made invisibleithout perturbing the incident fields For this purposee can put a compensating object to offset the original ob-

ect in a compensated structure To achieve invisibility re-ion I (II) should be impedance matched with region III This phenomenon has been well discussed in [17]

In the following we will focus on demonstrating the fol-owing properties and applications of compensated bilay-

rs perfect imaging and invariant scattering The appli-ations to optical illusion and invisibility cloaking can beound in [1725ndash27]

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS FOROMPENSATED BILAYER Slab-shaped Compensated Bilayer of Type A

ompensated bilayer in slab geometry can be constructedy an identity transformation plus a coordinate inversionased on a single slab layer Suppose that the bilayer un-er study is oriented perpendicular to x1 For ease of dis-ussion we assume that the surface S1 is at x1=a whereis a constant and the transformation concerns only x1

nd x1 The transformation function for the coordinatenversion is denoted by x1=hx1 with a negative slopehe left and right boundaries of the bilayer ie x1=a and1=b are both mapped from x1=a Layer 1 has materialarameters 1 and 1 which are the same as those of theriginal single slab Layer 2 has material parameters ex-ressed by Eq (9) since the folding function is the sames that in Fig 2(b) Consider two regions separated by theilayer Region I has the material parameters I and Ind region II has the material parameters II and IIAssume that the inversion transformation function

x1 is a linear function with a slope of minusp where0 From Eq (9) it is derived that 2minusp diagminus1p 1 11 diagminus1p 1 1 2=minuspiagminus1p 1 11 diagminus1p 1 1 When p=1 the abovequations describe exactly the complementary media in3233]

In [3233] it is stated that a slab compensated bilayerhen put in a homogenous background can transfer EMelds perfectly from one interface to the other without re-ections Here we see that transformation optics pro-ides a clear geometrical interpretation of this phenom-non In addition transformation optics enables theesign of a much broader class of compensated bilayershan those proposed in [3233] One can easily extend aompensated bilayer to the following situations (1) p1ndor (2) hx1 is a nonlinear function andor (3) theransformation function concerns all coordinates not only1 and x1 andor (4) the single slab in EM space containsrbitrary inhomogeneity anisotropy [23] This facilitateshe unification of a range of perfect previously studied im-ging devices including Pendryrsquos perfect lens the bilayerens made of indefinite media

Perfect Imagings discussed in Section 4 perfect imaging requires the re-ectionless condition That is region I (II) should be per-

ectly matched with region II I in impedance This re-uirement can be satisfied easily when 1=II and 1II since region II I can be obtained easily by shift-

ng region II (I) The simplest case is that background re-ions on both side are free space In addition when layeris also free space layer 2 would be a left-handed me-

ium with n=minus1 The obtained bilayer is none other thanhe perfect slab lens in [34] Since optical imaging forompensated bilayers in slab shape has been discussed in32] and more comprehensively in [23] here we will pro-

vtremti

BHtircfmrbp

a=ft

Iads

1Pmlgri=set

sh

o=

Ttsd=sgm

btwnlcl=Io=rt=minusminustata5mpw=tfbtmsTf

ords

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B45

ide no further discussion It is meaningful to point outhat perfect imaging with free-space background in bothegions I and II is applicable only to compensated bilay-rs in slab geometry For all other bilayers backgroundaterials have to be chosen carefully in order to achieve

he reflectionless condition as will be shown in the follow-ng subsections

Cylindrical-Shaped Compensated Bilayer of Type Aere we numerically examine a compensated bilayer ob-

ained by transforming a cylindrical shell as illustratedn Fig 2(a) For ease of discussion we use cylindricalather than Cartesian coordinates The original cylindri-al coordinates are denoted as r z and the trans-ormed coordinates are denoted as r z The transfor-ation function concerns only r and r and is denoted as

=hr with a negative slope Layer 1 is in region arc while layer 2 is in region crb The relationship

etween material parameters in layers 1 and 2 is ex-ressed in Eq (8)Consider the case when and can be expressed di-

gonally in cylindrical coordinates ie 1=diag1r 1 1z and 1==diag1r 1 1z Then

rom Eq (8) the expressions for 2 and 2 can be reducedo

2 = diag hr

rhr1r

rhr

hr1

hrhr

r1z

2 = diag hr

rhr1r

rhr

hr1

hrhr

r1z 19

t is easily found that the material parameters in layers 1nd 2 should have different signs since hr0 andh dr0 This is a common requirement for a compen-ated bilayer

Perfect Imagingerfect imaging requires that region I be perfectlyatched with region II All free-space background is no

onger able to satisfy the requirement in this cylindricaleometry One can start by considering that regions I andegion II have identical material parameters Region IIs then transformed back to region II with boundary ra mapped to r=b The simplest transformation functionatisfying this boundary transformation condition is a lin-ar function expressed as r=ra b Under this linearransformation region II has material parameters

II = diag11a

bI diag11a

b

II = diag11a

bI diag11a

b 20

We consider the simplest case where region I is freepace In addition hr is a linear function expressed asr= rminusbcminusa cminusb+a Thus one has I=I=1 and

= =diag11 a b2

II II

If the original single layer is composed of free spacene obtains the material parameters of the bilayer as 11=1 and

2r = 2r =rc minus a + ca minus b

rc minus a

2 = 2 =rc minus a

rc minus a + ca minus b

2z = 2z =rc minus a2 + ca minus bc minus a

rc minus b2 21

he material parameters of layer 2 are all negative Whenhe slope of hr is 1 layer 1 and layer 2 will have theame thickness and the material parameters can be re-uced to 2r=2r= rminus2c r 2=2=r rminus2c and 2z2z= rminus2c r This is just the cylindrical superlenstudied in [24] This type of cylindrical superlens is analo-ous to Pendryrsquos slab superlens in superlensing perfor-anceIf layer 1 is composed of some indefinite medium (with

oth positive and negative tensor components in its ma-erial parameters) in EM space the compensated bilayerill accordingly be composed of indefinite media This sce-ario was previously studied by Smith and Schurig but

imited only to slab geometry [35] Here we propose aompensated bilayer lens made of indefinite media in cy-indrical geometry As a particular example we choose a15 b=05 and c= Region I is free space and regionI has material parameters II=II=diag119 Theriginal single layer is an indefinite medium with diag1minus11 and =diagminus111 By using a linearadial transformation function with a slope of 1 we ob-ain the material parameters of layers 1 and 2 as 1diag1minus11 and 1=diagminus111 2=diagrminus2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r and 2=diagminusrminus4 r r r4 rminus4 r We consider an EM wave propagating in

rminus plane with TE polarization (ie the E field is alonghe z direction) For this special polarization consider-tion the material parameters of region II can be reducedo II=9 and II=1 The material parameters of layers 1nd 2 relevant to the TE polarization are plotted in Figs(a) and 5(b) respectively We deploy the finite-elementethod from the commercial COMSOL Multiphysics

ackage to carry out numerical simulations In the full-ave simulation a line current source is positioned at (rminus155 ) near S1 The simulated electric field dis-

ribution is plotted in Fig 6 It is seen that the field per-ectly transfers from S1 to S2 almost without distortionut with a simple linear scaling An image of the source isherefore formed at S2 It should be noticed that for nu-erical simulations in this work all material parameters

maller than 1 are given a small imaginary part of 0006ihis is the reason behind the finite scattering perceivable

rom Fig 6For a cylindrical bilayer constructed using this method

nly one layer of the bilayers has gradient material pa-ameters One can however choose to construct a cylin-rical compensated bilayer by rolling up a slab compen-ated bilayer as in [3236] In that case both layers of the

oom

2Hifrdtbl

btdiifit

3Aoncnis[dcwaTafggAg(sFf

Fscstli

Fo

Fbminus

B46 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

btained cylindrical bilayer plus the background regionsutside and inside the bilayer all need to have gradientaterial parameters which is certainly not desirable

Invariant Scatteringere we will show that the scattering caused by a bilayer

s related only to its geometry and the boundary mappingunction M and is independent of the bilayer material pa-ameters as long as its construction follows the rules ad-ressed in this paper As a demonstration we examinehe scattering caused by the two cylindrical bilayers Oneilayer is as the same as studied in Fig 6 The other bi-ayer has the same geometrical parameters as in Fig 6

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus200

0

200

ig 6 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a line currentource located at (r=155 ) interacting with a cylindricalompensated bilayer composed of indefinite media The compen-ated bilayer lens has the same parameters as in Fig 5 excepthat material parameters smaller than 1 are all given a smalloss of 0006i Region II has material parameters of II=9 andII=1 The bilayer is outlined by solid lines The source and the

mage are denoted by an asterisk

1 125 1minus2

minus1

0

1

2

Mat

eria

lPar

amet

ers

micro31r

micro31θ

ε31z

(a)ig 5 (Color online) Material parameters of a cylindrical compf layer 1 (b) material parameters of layer 2

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2 minus

minus

0

1

2

(a)ig 7 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a plane wavilayer having the same geometrical parameters as in Fig2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r Regions I and II are free space The

ut has different material parameters as 1=1=1 and2=2=diagrminus2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r In both caseshe background regions I and II are free space The fieldistributions simulated as a plane wave incident from leftnfinity are shown in Figs 7(a) and 7(b) By comparison its observed that regions I and II have almost the sameeld distributions indicating identical scattering charac-eristics of the two bilayers

Optical Illusions discussed above if a scatterer is put in region II anbserver will feel as if the scattered field is from a mag-ified scatterer located in region II This has been dis-ussed in [2526] with lenses made of media with all-egative material components Conversely if a scatterer

s put in region I the observer in region II will feel ahrunk scatterer This phenomenon has been indicated in32] but with no numerical examples given Here we willemonstrate this phenomenon numerically with a con-rete example Region I is transformed from region Ihich is restricted by the condition that region Irsquos bound-ry S1 ie r=a be transformed to the boundary r=bhe simplest transformation satisfying this restriction islinear function with r=rb a Using this transformation

unction one can easily get the material parameters of re-ion I In our example the material parameters of re-ions I II and the bilayer are the same as that in Fig 6perfect electric conductor (PEC) cylinder is added in re-

ion I The cylinder has a radius of 15 and is located atr=3 ) The simulated electric field distributionubject to a line current source at the origin is plotted inig 8(a) Transforming region I to I with a linear trans-

ormation function r=r 3 one finds that the correspond-

05 075 1minus4

minus2

0

2

4

Mat

erai

lPar

amet

ers

micro32r

micro32θ

ε32z

)d bilayer composed of indefinite media (a) Material parameters

x1λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2 minus2

minus1

0

1

2

)left infinity interacting with (a) the bilayer as in Fig 6 (b) thedifferent material parameters 1=1=1 and 2=2=diagr

r is outlined by solid lines

5(b

ensate

2

1

2

(be from6 butbilaye

iog=pswa8t

C

1Hllaetzrgwib

dminusmminus=s

sttn

2Fahspidep+d=idbtbs

6Iomvptttmcs

FbFr

Fpcsb+minus=ss

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B47

ng PEC cylinder changes to a smaller size with a radiusf 05 and is located at (r= ) The free-space back-round in region I changes to a medium with I=Idiag119 which is as the same as in region II For TEolarization the material parameters reduce to I=9 and

I=1 Thus an observer in region II will feel a shrunkcatterer in a medium with b=9 and b=1 To verify thise simulate the interaction of the same source with suchshrunk scatterer placed in a background with b=9 andb=1 The resulted field distribution is plotted in Fig(b) Comparing Figs 8(a) and 8(b) one can notice almosthe same field distributions as in region II

Compensated Bilayer of Type B

Perfect Imagingere we consider a square-shaped bilayer of type B as il-

ustrated in Fig 9(a) Referring to the figure layer 1 andayer 2 are connected through the squarersquos diagonal with

length of Layer 2 is obtained by folding layer 1 lin-arly in the x1 direction Thus the material parameters ofhe bilayer should fulfill 1=minus2 and 1=minus2 To achieveero reflection region I should be perfectly matched withegion II [see Fig 3(a)] To find an appropriate back-round combination we may start with an EM spacehere regions I and II are both free space fulfilling the

mpedance matching condition Region II can be obtainedy a compression of region II For our example this can

minus05 0 05

minus050

05

x1 λ

x2 λ

minus4 minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus20minus100100

RegionII

(a)ig 8 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a line currenedded in region I (b) a PEC cylinder in the background with big 6 The PEC cylinder in (a) located at (r=3 ) has a raadius of 05 The bilayer and the PEC cylinder are outlined by

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2minus2

minus1

0

1

2

minus400

minus200

0

200

(b)(a)

ig 9 (Color online) (a) Illustration of a square-shaped com-ensated bilayer of type B (b) Electric field distribution for a lineurrent source J1=a13x1minus0313x2minus03x3 interacting with thequare-shaped compensated bilayer as in (a) The compensatedilayer has material parameters 1=1=1 and 2=2=minus10006i Region II has material parameters II=II= 5minus30320002 for the half part of x20 and II=II530320002 for the half part of x20 Region I is freepace The bilayer and region II are outlined by solid lines theource and the image are denoted by

one with transformation functions x1=12x1+3205

absx2 x2=x2 and x3=x3 In this way we obtain theaterial parameters of region II as II=II= 5minus30320002 for the half part of x20 and II=II530320002 for the half part of x20 In theimulation we take the bilayer material parameters as1=1=1 and 2=2=minus1+0006i A line current source iset to be J=a13x1minus0313x2minus03z The simulated elec-ric field distribution is plotted in Fig 9(b) It is observedhat the field transfers from boundary S1 to boundary S2early perfectly and an image is formed at boundary S2

Invariant Scatteringor this case we consider a compensated bilayer of type Bs illustrated in Fig 2(b) The inversion mapping functionx1 is a linear function with a negative slope of 1 Thehape of the bilayer is just a perfect clinder The materialarameters of the bilayer can be obtained from Eq (9)e 1=minus2 and 1=minus2 The invariant scattering can beemonstrated with two bilayers sharing the same geom-try One bilayer has a radius of 05 and has materialarameters 1=4 and 1=1 1=minus4+0006i and 1=minus10006i The other bilayer has the same geometry but hasifferent material parameters as 1=3 and 1=3 and 2minus3+0006i and 2=minus3+0006i Both bilayers are placed

n a free-space background When a plane wave is inci-ent from left infinity the field distributions for the twoilayers are as plotted in Figs 10(a) and 10(b) respec-ively By comparison it is observed that the field distri-utions in the free-space background are almost theame

CONCLUSIONSn this paper we have presented a comprehensive studyn generalized compensated bilayers based on transfor-ation optics The compensated bilayers are broadly di-

ided into two categories according to their geometricalroperties Both types of compensated bilayers can be ob-ained by making a folding-style coordinate transforma-ion based on a single material layer in the EM space Thewo outer boundaries of a compensated bilayer are bothapped from a single surface in the EM space Therefore

ompensated bilayers exhibit nihility an external ob-erver can feel the same fields as nonexistence of the bi-

x1 λ

x2 λ

minus4 minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus200minus1000100

minus05 0 05

minus050

05

RegionII

)ce located at the origin interacting with (a) a PEC cylinder em-b=1 The compensated bilayer has the same parameters as in

f 15 The PEC cylinder in (b) located at at (r= ) has alines

00

(bt sour

=9 anddius osolid

lscfpvccp

ATSC

R

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

Fwo+

B48 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

ayer This feature leads to the phenomenon of invariantcattering When the background is designed properly aompensated bilayer can transfer the EM field perfectlyrom one surface to the other without any scattering Thisroperty allows compensated bilayers to function as de-ices for achieving perfect imaging achieving invisibilityloaking and creating illusion optics Extensive numeri-al examples are presented to demonstrate the identifiedroperties and applications

CKNOWLEDGMENTShis work is supported by the Swedish Foundation fortrategic Research (SSF) and the Swedish Researchouncil (VR)

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x1λx2 λ

minus1 0 1

minus1

0

1 minus

0

3

(a)ig 10 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a plane wavhich has a radius of 05 and material parameters as 1=4 an

f type B which has the same geometry as in (a) but different m0006i The region outside the bilayer is free space The bilayer

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x1λ

minus1 0 1

minus1

0

1 minus3

0

3

)left infinity interacting with (a) a cylindrical bilayer of type Band 2=minus4+0006i and 2=minus1+0006i (b) a cylindrical bilayerl parameters as 1=3 and 1=3 and 2=minus3+0006i and 2=minus3lined by solid lines

3

2

(be from

d 1=1ateriais out

3

3

3

3

3

3

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750ndash760 (2003)

wo

3BTlbnblpe

dttHtvTtft

T

fT

w

s=ntondtea

t

BCtrnb

wgt=s

l

Frii

fioafHfcflfwsCnmtptb=Me=b

B42 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

2 =h

x1 diag111

hx11 diag 1

hx111 9

here material parameters are expressed in Cartesian co-rdinates

RELATIONSHIP OF FIELDS AT BILAYEROUNDARIEShe two outer boundaries S1 and S2 of a compensated bi-

ayer in the physical space are both mapped from theoundary S1 in the EM space Deployment of such coordi-ate mappings ensures a special feature of a compensatedilayer structure the fields at two boundaries of the bi-ayer connect with each other via the transformationrinciple as discussed in Section 2 In the following thexact field relationship between S1 and S2 will be derived

Let the EM fields at boundary S1 in the EM space beenoted by Ei HiS1

Since layer 1 is unchanged afterransformation the transformed fields at boundary S1 inhe physical space have EiS1

= EiS1and HiS1

= HiS1

ere we use ni t1i and t2i to denote the components ofhe unit normal vector and two orthogonal unit tangentialectors of the boundary S1 in the EM space respectivelyhe similar unit vectors at S1 in the physical space are

he same as those on S1 in the EM space The trans-ormed fields at S1 can be decomposed into normal andangential components as

En

Et1

Et2

S1

= En

Et1

Et2

S1

10

he magnetic fields have the same formNow consider boundary S2 in physical space The trans-

ormed fields are EiS2= i

iEiS1and HiS2

= iiHiS1

he electric fields at S2 can be written as

EiS2= i

init1it2iEn

Et1

Et2

S1

11

here we have made use of

EiS1= nit1it2i

En

Et1

Et2

S1

12

Consider the term iini t1i t2i on the right-hand

ide of Eq (11) One finds that iini t1i t2i

ni t1i t2i where ni t1i and t2i represent the compo-ents of the normal and tangential vectors at S2 in theransformed basis vectors ei with ei=i

i ei Since theriginal coordinates x1 x2 x3 are Cartesian coordi-ates one has e1= x1 e2= x2 and e3= x3 Then intro-uce t1i and t2i which represent the components of theangential vectors t1i and t2i in the basis vectors ei withi=gijej Thus one has t1it1i=t2it2i=1 t1it2i=t2it1i=0nd n t1i=n t2i=0 Multiplying both sides of Eq (11) by

i i

ni t1i t2iT where ni is defined as ni=ni to keep calcula-ion consistently in tensor form one has

ni

t1i

t2iEiS2=

nini nit1i nit2i

0 1 0

0 0 1

En

Et1

Et2

S1

13

y examining the three components of ni expressed inartesian basis vectors one can find that it represents

he normal direction of surface S2 Thus t1i and t2i rep-esent two different tangential directions of S2 sinceit1i=nit2i=0 and ni=ni With this information Eq (13)ecomes

En

Et1

Et2

S2

= niniN nit1iN nit2iN

0 1T1 0

0 0 1T2

En

Et1

Et2

S1

14

here En Et1 Et2S2represent the normal and the tan-

ential field components at S2 respectively which are de-ermined by ni t1i and t2i N is defined by Nn12+ n22+ n32 and T1 and T2 are defined in theame form but in terms of t1i and t2i respectively

By combining Eqs (10) and (14) the tangential field re-ationship between S1 and S2 is derived as

Et1S1= T1Et1S2

Et2S1= T2Et2S2

15

rom this equation we see that the fields at S1 and S2elate to each other by a scaling This field relationship isndependent of whether the bilayer is inhomogeneous an-sotropic

In the following it will be shown that the boundary-eld relationship Eq (15) is dependent only on M thene-to-one point mapping function from surface S1 to S2nd is independent of the domain transformation functionrom xi to xi This property will be used in Section 4ere it should be recalled that different transformation

unctions can share the same M This is similar to thease for obtaining an invisibility cloak where one has theexibility to choose either a linear or a nonlinear trans-ormation function as long as the outer cloak boundary al-ays is kept intact for the chosen transformation Con-

ider two points with infinitesimal distance dl denoted byand D on surface S1 Assume that the vector CD de-

oted by aidxi just lies in the direction of the vector t1i

t1i=t1i Thus one has t1i=aidxi dl Considering aapping M from S1 to S2 aidxi will become aidxi where

he values of aidxi are determined by the boundary map-ing M Thus one has t1i=aidxi dl This indicateshat the tangential direction t1i on S2 is determined onlyy the mapping M It follows that T1a1dx12+ a2dx22+ a3dx32 dl which also depends on

only The same procedures apply for t2i and T2 In thextreme case when S2 is equal to S1 one has t1i=t1i t2i

t2i and T1=T2=1 and Eq (15) is just the continuousoundary conditions

2

4AafroegcrFfbtmbaaITtat

sfifi(

bI

T(

Tabrns

ggignasrtrgIs

al

saist

Forgn

Fgri(w

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B43

As an example considering the bilayer structure in Fig(a) one can easily calculate that

EzS1= EzS2

ES1=

b

aES2

HzS1= EzS2

HS1=

b

aES2

16

PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONSs discussed above we know that the fields at two bound-ries of the bilayer relate to each other by a scaling In theollowing it will be shown that this special property willesult in the nihility of the bilayer That is an observerutside the bilayer can feel the same fields as nonexist-nce of the bilayer Consider an observer say Bob in re-ion I The scattering fields observed by him are as if theyome from a region denoted as region II connecting di-ectly with region I via boundary S1 This is illustrated inig 3(a) Region II can be obtained by making a trans-

ormation from region II while boundary S2 is mapped tooundary S1 according to the function Mminus1 Note thathere are many choices for region II since there existany spatial transformation functions sharing the same

oundary mapping function Mminus1 And the other wayround if Bob is in region II the fields observed by himre as if they are coming from a region denoted as region connecting directly with region II via boundary S2his is illustrated in Fig 3(b) Region I can be obtained

hrough a transformation based on region I with bound-ry S1 mapped to boundary S2 according to M Againhere are many choices for region I

To show the validity of the above statements we con-ider the case as shown in Fig 3(a) Assume that the EMelds in regions I and II are denoted as Ei

I HiI and

EiII Hi

II respectively It is known that the tangentialelds at boundaries S1 and S2 relate to each other via Eq

15) The transformed fields in region II are denoted as

ig 3 (Color online) For the bilayer structure of type A (a) anbserver in region I perceives the fields as if the fields were fromegion II connected directly with region I (b) An observer in re-ion II perceives the fields as if the fields were from region I con-ected directly with region II

EiII Hi

II which can be calculated from EiII Hi

II Sinceoundary S2 of region II maps to boundary S1 of regionI according to the mapping function Mminus1 we can have

Et1II S1

= 1T1Et1II S2

Et2II S1

= 1T2Et2II S2

17

his is derived similarly as for Eq (15) Combining Eqs15) and (17) one has

Et1II S1

= Et1I S1

Et2II S1

= Et2I S1

18

his indicates that the fields EiI Hi

I and EiII Hi

II canutomatically fulfill the continuous boundary conditionetween regions I and II Thus it is proved that Bob inegion I perceives the same fields as if region II is con-ected with region I directly When Bob is in region II aimilar argument can also be proved

For the bilayer structure of type B the background re-ion is connected However one can generate two back-round regions by introducing an extra boundary Thisdea is illustrated in Fig 4 Refering to Fig 4(a) the re-ion outside the extra boundary S4 and boundary S1 is de-oted as region I while the region inside the boundary S4nd S2 is denoted as region II Similarly to the bilayertructure of type A Bob in region III feels the fields as ifegion II I were connected to region III this is illus-rated in Figs 4(a) and 4(b) Conversely we can transformegion II I to region III without changing fields in re-ion III by attaching a compensated bilayer to regionII This mechanism has been deployed in [27] to demon-trate illusion optics

Having proved the nihility of a compensated bilayer were ready to discuss the following the property of a bi-ayer

Invariant scattering Scattering caused by a compen-ated bilayer with the same shape and the same bound-ry mapping function M remains the same regardless ofts material parameters Consider a compensated bilayertructure placed in an arbitrary background Owing tohe perfect nihility a change in the material parameters

ig 4 (Color online) By inducing an extra boundary S4 the re-ion outside the bilayer structure of type B can be separated intoegions I and II (a) An observer in region I perceives the fields asf the fields were from region II connected directly with region Ib) An observer in region II perceives the fields as if the fieldsere from region I connected directly with region II

oecIis

abcptpthfBtsts

t

maosIsfapHb

tiltBsogmvtImtcrdt

wwjg

l

ecf

5CAcbbdcaaiTxpopaba

hp=de[

wfiflvedtcatxatal

1Aflfq=ig1dtc[

B44 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

f the bilayer ie from a change in the material param-ters of the original single layer in EM space will nothange the field distributions in background regions I andI This indicates that the scattered field by the bilayer isndependent of the material parameters of the bilayertructure

It should be mentioned that the phenomenon of invari-nt scattering can be extended to active obstacles For theilayer of type A if a noise source is present in layer 1 aomplementary source can be placed in a correspondingosition in layer 2 to annihilate the radiation caused byhe source in layer 1 This can be classified as a separateroperty of the compensated bilayer referred to as ldquoradia-ion cancellationrdquo For the bilayer of type A this subjectas been studied in [23] However to our knowledge so

ar the subject has not been studied for the bilayer of type In fact we have noticed that the phenomenon of radia-

ion cancellation by the bilayer of type B is not always astraightforward as the case for the bilayer of type A De-ailed investigations of this phenomenon will be pre-ented in a future publication

In addition based on our above discussion one may findhe following applications for a compensated bilayer

Perfect imaging With the right choice of backgroundaterial one can transfer EM fields from one boundary ofcompensated bilayer to the other perfectly with or with-

ut a linear scaling To require zero reflection it is neces-ary for region I (II) to be perfectly matched with regionI I This in turn gives the required material relation-hip between regions I and II It is worth noting that per-ect imaging is even possible in the presence of passivend active obstacles [2332] If a passive scatterer isresent in the bilayer the image quality will be degradedowever one can put a complementary scatterer in theilayer to recover the imageOptical illusion An object appears as another object

o an observer in a different domain Consider an examplen which a scatterer is put inside region II of a type A bi-ayer structure as in Fig 2(a) Assume that region II hashe same material parameters as region I In this caseob in region I perceives the scatterer as a magnifiedcatterer in a background with the material parametersf region I since the scatterer will be magnified when re-ion II is transformed to region II Such an llusion ofagnification was previously discussed in [2526] Con-

ersely if the scatterer is in region I and region I hashe same material parameters as region II Bob in regionI will feel a shrunk scatterer in the background with theaterial parameters of region II For the bilayer struc-

ure of type B a similar phenomenon of optical illusionan also occur as discussed in [27] If the object is put inegion II (I) region II (I) is just the restoring medium asefined in [27] To an observer in region I (II) it appearshat an an object is present in region II I

Invisibility cloaking An object is made invisibleithout perturbing the incident fields For this purposee can put a compensating object to offset the original ob-

ect in a compensated structure To achieve invisibility re-ion I (II) should be impedance matched with region III This phenomenon has been well discussed in [17]

In the following we will focus on demonstrating the fol-owing properties and applications of compensated bilay-

rs perfect imaging and invariant scattering The appli-ations to optical illusion and invisibility cloaking can beound in [1725ndash27]

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS FOROMPENSATED BILAYER Slab-shaped Compensated Bilayer of Type A

ompensated bilayer in slab geometry can be constructedy an identity transformation plus a coordinate inversionased on a single slab layer Suppose that the bilayer un-er study is oriented perpendicular to x1 For ease of dis-ussion we assume that the surface S1 is at x1=a whereis a constant and the transformation concerns only x1

nd x1 The transformation function for the coordinatenversion is denoted by x1=hx1 with a negative slopehe left and right boundaries of the bilayer ie x1=a and1=b are both mapped from x1=a Layer 1 has materialarameters 1 and 1 which are the same as those of theriginal single slab Layer 2 has material parameters ex-ressed by Eq (9) since the folding function is the sames that in Fig 2(b) Consider two regions separated by theilayer Region I has the material parameters I and Ind region II has the material parameters II and IIAssume that the inversion transformation function

x1 is a linear function with a slope of minusp where0 From Eq (9) it is derived that 2minusp diagminus1p 1 11 diagminus1p 1 1 2=minuspiagminus1p 1 11 diagminus1p 1 1 When p=1 the abovequations describe exactly the complementary media in3233]

In [3233] it is stated that a slab compensated bilayerhen put in a homogenous background can transfer EMelds perfectly from one interface to the other without re-ections Here we see that transformation optics pro-ides a clear geometrical interpretation of this phenom-non In addition transformation optics enables theesign of a much broader class of compensated bilayershan those proposed in [3233] One can easily extend aompensated bilayer to the following situations (1) p1ndor (2) hx1 is a nonlinear function andor (3) theransformation function concerns all coordinates not only1 and x1 andor (4) the single slab in EM space containsrbitrary inhomogeneity anisotropy [23] This facilitateshe unification of a range of perfect previously studied im-ging devices including Pendryrsquos perfect lens the bilayerens made of indefinite media

Perfect Imagings discussed in Section 4 perfect imaging requires the re-ectionless condition That is region I (II) should be per-

ectly matched with region II I in impedance This re-uirement can be satisfied easily when 1=II and 1II since region II I can be obtained easily by shift-

ng region II (I) The simplest case is that background re-ions on both side are free space In addition when layeris also free space layer 2 would be a left-handed me-

ium with n=minus1 The obtained bilayer is none other thanhe perfect slab lens in [34] Since optical imaging forompensated bilayers in slab shape has been discussed in32] and more comprehensively in [23] here we will pro-

vtremti

BHtircfmrbp

a=ft

Iads

1Pmlgri=set

sh

o=

Ttsd=sgm

btwnlcl=Io=rt=minusminustata5mpw=tfbtmsTf

ords

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B45

ide no further discussion It is meaningful to point outhat perfect imaging with free-space background in bothegions I and II is applicable only to compensated bilay-rs in slab geometry For all other bilayers backgroundaterials have to be chosen carefully in order to achieve

he reflectionless condition as will be shown in the follow-ng subsections

Cylindrical-Shaped Compensated Bilayer of Type Aere we numerically examine a compensated bilayer ob-

ained by transforming a cylindrical shell as illustratedn Fig 2(a) For ease of discussion we use cylindricalather than Cartesian coordinates The original cylindri-al coordinates are denoted as r z and the trans-ormed coordinates are denoted as r z The transfor-ation function concerns only r and r and is denoted as

=hr with a negative slope Layer 1 is in region arc while layer 2 is in region crb The relationship

etween material parameters in layers 1 and 2 is ex-ressed in Eq (8)Consider the case when and can be expressed di-

gonally in cylindrical coordinates ie 1=diag1r 1 1z and 1==diag1r 1 1z Then

rom Eq (8) the expressions for 2 and 2 can be reducedo

2 = diag hr

rhr1r

rhr

hr1

hrhr

r1z

2 = diag hr

rhr1r

rhr

hr1

hrhr

r1z 19

t is easily found that the material parameters in layers 1nd 2 should have different signs since hr0 andh dr0 This is a common requirement for a compen-ated bilayer

Perfect Imagingerfect imaging requires that region I be perfectlyatched with region II All free-space background is no

onger able to satisfy the requirement in this cylindricaleometry One can start by considering that regions I andegion II have identical material parameters Region IIs then transformed back to region II with boundary ra mapped to r=b The simplest transformation functionatisfying this boundary transformation condition is a lin-ar function expressed as r=ra b Under this linearransformation region II has material parameters

II = diag11a

bI diag11a

b

II = diag11a

bI diag11a

b 20

We consider the simplest case where region I is freepace In addition hr is a linear function expressed asr= rminusbcminusa cminusb+a Thus one has I=I=1 and

= =diag11 a b2

II II

If the original single layer is composed of free spacene obtains the material parameters of the bilayer as 11=1 and

2r = 2r =rc minus a + ca minus b

rc minus a

2 = 2 =rc minus a

rc minus a + ca minus b

2z = 2z =rc minus a2 + ca minus bc minus a

rc minus b2 21

he material parameters of layer 2 are all negative Whenhe slope of hr is 1 layer 1 and layer 2 will have theame thickness and the material parameters can be re-uced to 2r=2r= rminus2c r 2=2=r rminus2c and 2z2z= rminus2c r This is just the cylindrical superlenstudied in [24] This type of cylindrical superlens is analo-ous to Pendryrsquos slab superlens in superlensing perfor-anceIf layer 1 is composed of some indefinite medium (with

oth positive and negative tensor components in its ma-erial parameters) in EM space the compensated bilayerill accordingly be composed of indefinite media This sce-ario was previously studied by Smith and Schurig but

imited only to slab geometry [35] Here we propose aompensated bilayer lens made of indefinite media in cy-indrical geometry As a particular example we choose a15 b=05 and c= Region I is free space and regionI has material parameters II=II=diag119 Theriginal single layer is an indefinite medium with diag1minus11 and =diagminus111 By using a linearadial transformation function with a slope of 1 we ob-ain the material parameters of layers 1 and 2 as 1diag1minus11 and 1=diagminus111 2=diagrminus2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r and 2=diagminusrminus4 r r r4 rminus4 r We consider an EM wave propagating in

rminus plane with TE polarization (ie the E field is alonghe z direction) For this special polarization consider-tion the material parameters of region II can be reducedo II=9 and II=1 The material parameters of layers 1nd 2 relevant to the TE polarization are plotted in Figs(a) and 5(b) respectively We deploy the finite-elementethod from the commercial COMSOL Multiphysics

ackage to carry out numerical simulations In the full-ave simulation a line current source is positioned at (rminus155 ) near S1 The simulated electric field dis-

ribution is plotted in Fig 6 It is seen that the field per-ectly transfers from S1 to S2 almost without distortionut with a simple linear scaling An image of the source isherefore formed at S2 It should be noticed that for nu-erical simulations in this work all material parameters

maller than 1 are given a small imaginary part of 0006ihis is the reason behind the finite scattering perceivable

rom Fig 6For a cylindrical bilayer constructed using this method

nly one layer of the bilayers has gradient material pa-ameters One can however choose to construct a cylin-rical compensated bilayer by rolling up a slab compen-ated bilayer as in [3236] In that case both layers of the

oom

2Hifrdtbl

btdiifit

3Aoncnis[dcwaTafggAg(sFf

Fscstli

Fo

Fbminus

B46 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

btained cylindrical bilayer plus the background regionsutside and inside the bilayer all need to have gradientaterial parameters which is certainly not desirable

Invariant Scatteringere we will show that the scattering caused by a bilayer

s related only to its geometry and the boundary mappingunction M and is independent of the bilayer material pa-ameters as long as its construction follows the rules ad-ressed in this paper As a demonstration we examinehe scattering caused by the two cylindrical bilayers Oneilayer is as the same as studied in Fig 6 The other bi-ayer has the same geometrical parameters as in Fig 6

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus200

0

200

ig 6 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a line currentource located at (r=155 ) interacting with a cylindricalompensated bilayer composed of indefinite media The compen-ated bilayer lens has the same parameters as in Fig 5 excepthat material parameters smaller than 1 are all given a smalloss of 0006i Region II has material parameters of II=9 andII=1 The bilayer is outlined by solid lines The source and the

mage are denoted by an asterisk

1 125 1minus2

minus1

0

1

2

Mat

eria

lPar

amet

ers

micro31r

micro31θ

ε31z

(a)ig 5 (Color online) Material parameters of a cylindrical compf layer 1 (b) material parameters of layer 2

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2 minus

minus

0

1

2

(a)ig 7 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a plane wavilayer having the same geometrical parameters as in Fig2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r Regions I and II are free space The

ut has different material parameters as 1=1=1 and2=2=diagrminus2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r In both caseshe background regions I and II are free space The fieldistributions simulated as a plane wave incident from leftnfinity are shown in Figs 7(a) and 7(b) By comparison its observed that regions I and II have almost the sameeld distributions indicating identical scattering charac-eristics of the two bilayers

Optical Illusions discussed above if a scatterer is put in region II anbserver will feel as if the scattered field is from a mag-ified scatterer located in region II This has been dis-ussed in [2526] with lenses made of media with all-egative material components Conversely if a scatterer

s put in region I the observer in region II will feel ahrunk scatterer This phenomenon has been indicated in32] but with no numerical examples given Here we willemonstrate this phenomenon numerically with a con-rete example Region I is transformed from region Ihich is restricted by the condition that region Irsquos bound-ry S1 ie r=a be transformed to the boundary r=bhe simplest transformation satisfying this restriction islinear function with r=rb a Using this transformation

unction one can easily get the material parameters of re-ion I In our example the material parameters of re-ions I II and the bilayer are the same as that in Fig 6perfect electric conductor (PEC) cylinder is added in re-

ion I The cylinder has a radius of 15 and is located atr=3 ) The simulated electric field distributionubject to a line current source at the origin is plotted inig 8(a) Transforming region I to I with a linear trans-

ormation function r=r 3 one finds that the correspond-

05 075 1minus4

minus2

0

2

4

Mat

erai

lPar

amet

ers

micro32r

micro32θ

ε32z

)d bilayer composed of indefinite media (a) Material parameters

x1λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2 minus2

minus1

0

1

2

)left infinity interacting with (a) the bilayer as in Fig 6 (b) thedifferent material parameters 1=1=1 and 2=2=diagr

r is outlined by solid lines

5(b

ensate

2

1

2

(be from6 butbilaye

iog=pswa8t

C

1Hllaetzrgwib

dminusmminus=s

sttn

2Fahspidep+d=idbtbs

6Iomvptttmcs

FbFr

Fpcsb+minus=ss

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B47

ng PEC cylinder changes to a smaller size with a radiusf 05 and is located at (r= ) The free-space back-round in region I changes to a medium with I=Idiag119 which is as the same as in region II For TEolarization the material parameters reduce to I=9 and

I=1 Thus an observer in region II will feel a shrunkcatterer in a medium with b=9 and b=1 To verify thise simulate the interaction of the same source with suchshrunk scatterer placed in a background with b=9 andb=1 The resulted field distribution is plotted in Fig(b) Comparing Figs 8(a) and 8(b) one can notice almosthe same field distributions as in region II

Compensated Bilayer of Type B

Perfect Imagingere we consider a square-shaped bilayer of type B as il-

ustrated in Fig 9(a) Referring to the figure layer 1 andayer 2 are connected through the squarersquos diagonal with

length of Layer 2 is obtained by folding layer 1 lin-arly in the x1 direction Thus the material parameters ofhe bilayer should fulfill 1=minus2 and 1=minus2 To achieveero reflection region I should be perfectly matched withegion II [see Fig 3(a)] To find an appropriate back-round combination we may start with an EM spacehere regions I and II are both free space fulfilling the

mpedance matching condition Region II can be obtainedy a compression of region II For our example this can

minus05 0 05

minus050

05

x1 λ

x2 λ

minus4 minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus20minus100100

RegionII

(a)ig 8 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a line currenedded in region I (b) a PEC cylinder in the background with big 6 The PEC cylinder in (a) located at (r=3 ) has a raadius of 05 The bilayer and the PEC cylinder are outlined by

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2minus2

minus1

0

1

2

minus400

minus200

0

200

(b)(a)

ig 9 (Color online) (a) Illustration of a square-shaped com-ensated bilayer of type B (b) Electric field distribution for a lineurrent source J1=a13x1minus0313x2minus03x3 interacting with thequare-shaped compensated bilayer as in (a) The compensatedilayer has material parameters 1=1=1 and 2=2=minus10006i Region II has material parameters II=II= 5minus30320002 for the half part of x20 and II=II530320002 for the half part of x20 Region I is freepace The bilayer and region II are outlined by solid lines theource and the image are denoted by

one with transformation functions x1=12x1+3205

absx2 x2=x2 and x3=x3 In this way we obtain theaterial parameters of region II as II=II= 5minus30320002 for the half part of x20 and II=II530320002 for the half part of x20 In theimulation we take the bilayer material parameters as1=1=1 and 2=2=minus1+0006i A line current source iset to be J=a13x1minus0313x2minus03z The simulated elec-ric field distribution is plotted in Fig 9(b) It is observedhat the field transfers from boundary S1 to boundary S2early perfectly and an image is formed at boundary S2

Invariant Scatteringor this case we consider a compensated bilayer of type Bs illustrated in Fig 2(b) The inversion mapping functionx1 is a linear function with a negative slope of 1 Thehape of the bilayer is just a perfect clinder The materialarameters of the bilayer can be obtained from Eq (9)e 1=minus2 and 1=minus2 The invariant scattering can beemonstrated with two bilayers sharing the same geom-try One bilayer has a radius of 05 and has materialarameters 1=4 and 1=1 1=minus4+0006i and 1=minus10006i The other bilayer has the same geometry but hasifferent material parameters as 1=3 and 1=3 and 2minus3+0006i and 2=minus3+0006i Both bilayers are placed

n a free-space background When a plane wave is inci-ent from left infinity the field distributions for the twoilayers are as plotted in Figs 10(a) and 10(b) respec-ively By comparison it is observed that the field distri-utions in the free-space background are almost theame

CONCLUSIONSn this paper we have presented a comprehensive studyn generalized compensated bilayers based on transfor-ation optics The compensated bilayers are broadly di-

ided into two categories according to their geometricalroperties Both types of compensated bilayers can be ob-ained by making a folding-style coordinate transforma-ion based on a single material layer in the EM space Thewo outer boundaries of a compensated bilayer are bothapped from a single surface in the EM space Therefore

ompensated bilayers exhibit nihility an external ob-erver can feel the same fields as nonexistence of the bi-

x1 λ

x2 λ

minus4 minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus200minus1000100

minus05 0 05

minus050

05

RegionII

)ce located at the origin interacting with (a) a PEC cylinder em-b=1 The compensated bilayer has the same parameters as in

f 15 The PEC cylinder in (b) located at at (r= ) has alines

00

(bt sour

=9 anddius osolid

lscfpvccp

ATSC

R

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

Fwo+

B48 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

ayer This feature leads to the phenomenon of invariantcattering When the background is designed properly aompensated bilayer can transfer the EM field perfectlyrom one surface to the other without any scattering Thisroperty allows compensated bilayers to function as de-ices for achieving perfect imaging achieving invisibilityloaking and creating illusion optics Extensive numeri-al examples are presented to demonstrate the identifiedroperties and applications

CKNOWLEDGMENTShis work is supported by the Swedish Foundation fortrategic Research (SSF) and the Swedish Researchouncil (VR)

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minus1 0 1

minus1

0

1 minus

0

3

(a)ig 10 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a plane wavhich has a radius of 05 and material parameters as 1=4 an

f type B which has the same geometry as in (a) but different m0006i The region outside the bilayer is free space The bilayer

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0

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0

3

)left infinity interacting with (a) a cylindrical bilayer of type Band 2=minus4+0006i and 2=minus1+0006i (b) a cylindrical bilayerl parameters as 1=3 and 1=3 and 2=minus3+0006i and 2=minus3lined by solid lines

3

2

(be from

d 1=1ateriais out

3

3

3

3

3

3

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2

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sfifi(

bI

T(

Tabrns

ggignasrtrgIs

al

saist

Forgn

Fgri(w

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B43

As an example considering the bilayer structure in Fig(a) one can easily calculate that

EzS1= EzS2

ES1=

b

aES2

HzS1= EzS2

HS1=

b

aES2

16

PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONSs discussed above we know that the fields at two bound-ries of the bilayer relate to each other by a scaling In theollowing it will be shown that this special property willesult in the nihility of the bilayer That is an observerutside the bilayer can feel the same fields as nonexist-nce of the bilayer Consider an observer say Bob in re-ion I The scattering fields observed by him are as if theyome from a region denoted as region II connecting di-ectly with region I via boundary S1 This is illustrated inig 3(a) Region II can be obtained by making a trans-

ormation from region II while boundary S2 is mapped tooundary S1 according to the function Mminus1 Note thathere are many choices for region II since there existany spatial transformation functions sharing the same

oundary mapping function Mminus1 And the other wayround if Bob is in region II the fields observed by himre as if they are coming from a region denoted as region connecting directly with region II via boundary S2his is illustrated in Fig 3(b) Region I can be obtained

hrough a transformation based on region I with bound-ry S1 mapped to boundary S2 according to M Againhere are many choices for region I

To show the validity of the above statements we con-ider the case as shown in Fig 3(a) Assume that the EMelds in regions I and II are denoted as Ei

I HiI and

EiII Hi

II respectively It is known that the tangentialelds at boundaries S1 and S2 relate to each other via Eq

15) The transformed fields in region II are denoted as

ig 3 (Color online) For the bilayer structure of type A (a) anbserver in region I perceives the fields as if the fields were fromegion II connected directly with region I (b) An observer in re-ion II perceives the fields as if the fields were from region I con-ected directly with region II

EiII Hi

II which can be calculated from EiII Hi

II Sinceoundary S2 of region II maps to boundary S1 of regionI according to the mapping function Mminus1 we can have

Et1II S1

= 1T1Et1II S2

Et2II S1

= 1T2Et2II S2

17

his is derived similarly as for Eq (15) Combining Eqs15) and (17) one has

Et1II S1

= Et1I S1

Et2II S1

= Et2I S1

18

his indicates that the fields EiI Hi

I and EiII Hi

II canutomatically fulfill the continuous boundary conditionetween regions I and II Thus it is proved that Bob inegion I perceives the same fields as if region II is con-ected with region I directly When Bob is in region II aimilar argument can also be proved

For the bilayer structure of type B the background re-ion is connected However one can generate two back-round regions by introducing an extra boundary Thisdea is illustrated in Fig 4 Refering to Fig 4(a) the re-ion outside the extra boundary S4 and boundary S1 is de-oted as region I while the region inside the boundary S4nd S2 is denoted as region II Similarly to the bilayertructure of type A Bob in region III feels the fields as ifegion II I were connected to region III this is illus-rated in Figs 4(a) and 4(b) Conversely we can transformegion II I to region III without changing fields in re-ion III by attaching a compensated bilayer to regionII This mechanism has been deployed in [27] to demon-trate illusion optics

Having proved the nihility of a compensated bilayer were ready to discuss the following the property of a bi-ayer

Invariant scattering Scattering caused by a compen-ated bilayer with the same shape and the same bound-ry mapping function M remains the same regardless ofts material parameters Consider a compensated bilayertructure placed in an arbitrary background Owing tohe perfect nihility a change in the material parameters

ig 4 (Color online) By inducing an extra boundary S4 the re-ion outside the bilayer structure of type B can be separated intoegions I and II (a) An observer in region I perceives the fields asf the fields were from region II connected directly with region Ib) An observer in region II perceives the fields as if the fieldsere from region I connected directly with region II

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hp=de[

wfiflvedtcatxatal

1Aflfq=ig1dtc[

B44 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

f the bilayer ie from a change in the material param-ters of the original single layer in EM space will nothange the field distributions in background regions I andI This indicates that the scattered field by the bilayer isndependent of the material parameters of the bilayertructure

It should be mentioned that the phenomenon of invari-nt scattering can be extended to active obstacles For theilayer of type A if a noise source is present in layer 1 aomplementary source can be placed in a correspondingosition in layer 2 to annihilate the radiation caused byhe source in layer 1 This can be classified as a separateroperty of the compensated bilayer referred to as ldquoradia-ion cancellationrdquo For the bilayer of type A this subjectas been studied in [23] However to our knowledge so

ar the subject has not been studied for the bilayer of type In fact we have noticed that the phenomenon of radia-

ion cancellation by the bilayer of type B is not always astraightforward as the case for the bilayer of type A De-ailed investigations of this phenomenon will be pre-ented in a future publication

In addition based on our above discussion one may findhe following applications for a compensated bilayer

Perfect imaging With the right choice of backgroundaterial one can transfer EM fields from one boundary ofcompensated bilayer to the other perfectly with or with-

ut a linear scaling To require zero reflection it is neces-ary for region I (II) to be perfectly matched with regionI I This in turn gives the required material relation-hip between regions I and II It is worth noting that per-ect imaging is even possible in the presence of passivend active obstacles [2332] If a passive scatterer isresent in the bilayer the image quality will be degradedowever one can put a complementary scatterer in theilayer to recover the imageOptical illusion An object appears as another object

o an observer in a different domain Consider an examplen which a scatterer is put inside region II of a type A bi-ayer structure as in Fig 2(a) Assume that region II hashe same material parameters as region I In this caseob in region I perceives the scatterer as a magnifiedcatterer in a background with the material parametersf region I since the scatterer will be magnified when re-ion II is transformed to region II Such an llusion ofagnification was previously discussed in [2526] Con-

ersely if the scatterer is in region I and region I hashe same material parameters as region II Bob in regionI will feel a shrunk scatterer in the background with theaterial parameters of region II For the bilayer struc-

ure of type B a similar phenomenon of optical illusionan also occur as discussed in [27] If the object is put inegion II (I) region II (I) is just the restoring medium asefined in [27] To an observer in region I (II) it appearshat an an object is present in region II I

Invisibility cloaking An object is made invisibleithout perturbing the incident fields For this purposee can put a compensating object to offset the original ob-

ect in a compensated structure To achieve invisibility re-ion I (II) should be impedance matched with region III This phenomenon has been well discussed in [17]

In the following we will focus on demonstrating the fol-owing properties and applications of compensated bilay-

rs perfect imaging and invariant scattering The appli-ations to optical illusion and invisibility cloaking can beound in [1725ndash27]

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS FOROMPENSATED BILAYER Slab-shaped Compensated Bilayer of Type A

ompensated bilayer in slab geometry can be constructedy an identity transformation plus a coordinate inversionased on a single slab layer Suppose that the bilayer un-er study is oriented perpendicular to x1 For ease of dis-ussion we assume that the surface S1 is at x1=a whereis a constant and the transformation concerns only x1

nd x1 The transformation function for the coordinatenversion is denoted by x1=hx1 with a negative slopehe left and right boundaries of the bilayer ie x1=a and1=b are both mapped from x1=a Layer 1 has materialarameters 1 and 1 which are the same as those of theriginal single slab Layer 2 has material parameters ex-ressed by Eq (9) since the folding function is the sames that in Fig 2(b) Consider two regions separated by theilayer Region I has the material parameters I and Ind region II has the material parameters II and IIAssume that the inversion transformation function

x1 is a linear function with a slope of minusp where0 From Eq (9) it is derived that 2minusp diagminus1p 1 11 diagminus1p 1 1 2=minuspiagminus1p 1 11 diagminus1p 1 1 When p=1 the abovequations describe exactly the complementary media in3233]

In [3233] it is stated that a slab compensated bilayerhen put in a homogenous background can transfer EMelds perfectly from one interface to the other without re-ections Here we see that transformation optics pro-ides a clear geometrical interpretation of this phenom-non In addition transformation optics enables theesign of a much broader class of compensated bilayershan those proposed in [3233] One can easily extend aompensated bilayer to the following situations (1) p1ndor (2) hx1 is a nonlinear function andor (3) theransformation function concerns all coordinates not only1 and x1 andor (4) the single slab in EM space containsrbitrary inhomogeneity anisotropy [23] This facilitateshe unification of a range of perfect previously studied im-ging devices including Pendryrsquos perfect lens the bilayerens made of indefinite media

Perfect Imagings discussed in Section 4 perfect imaging requires the re-ectionless condition That is region I (II) should be per-

ectly matched with region II I in impedance This re-uirement can be satisfied easily when 1=II and 1II since region II I can be obtained easily by shift-

ng region II (I) The simplest case is that background re-ions on both side are free space In addition when layeris also free space layer 2 would be a left-handed me-

ium with n=minus1 The obtained bilayer is none other thanhe perfect slab lens in [34] Since optical imaging forompensated bilayers in slab shape has been discussed in32] and more comprehensively in [23] here we will pro-

vtremti

BHtircfmrbp

a=ft

Iads

1Pmlgri=set

sh

o=

Ttsd=sgm

btwnlcl=Io=rt=minusminustata5mpw=tfbtmsTf

ords

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B45

ide no further discussion It is meaningful to point outhat perfect imaging with free-space background in bothegions I and II is applicable only to compensated bilay-rs in slab geometry For all other bilayers backgroundaterials have to be chosen carefully in order to achieve

he reflectionless condition as will be shown in the follow-ng subsections

Cylindrical-Shaped Compensated Bilayer of Type Aere we numerically examine a compensated bilayer ob-

ained by transforming a cylindrical shell as illustratedn Fig 2(a) For ease of discussion we use cylindricalather than Cartesian coordinates The original cylindri-al coordinates are denoted as r z and the trans-ormed coordinates are denoted as r z The transfor-ation function concerns only r and r and is denoted as

=hr with a negative slope Layer 1 is in region arc while layer 2 is in region crb The relationship

etween material parameters in layers 1 and 2 is ex-ressed in Eq (8)Consider the case when and can be expressed di-

gonally in cylindrical coordinates ie 1=diag1r 1 1z and 1==diag1r 1 1z Then

rom Eq (8) the expressions for 2 and 2 can be reducedo

2 = diag hr

rhr1r

rhr

hr1

hrhr

r1z

2 = diag hr

rhr1r

rhr

hr1

hrhr

r1z 19

t is easily found that the material parameters in layers 1nd 2 should have different signs since hr0 andh dr0 This is a common requirement for a compen-ated bilayer

Perfect Imagingerfect imaging requires that region I be perfectlyatched with region II All free-space background is no

onger able to satisfy the requirement in this cylindricaleometry One can start by considering that regions I andegion II have identical material parameters Region IIs then transformed back to region II with boundary ra mapped to r=b The simplest transformation functionatisfying this boundary transformation condition is a lin-ar function expressed as r=ra b Under this linearransformation region II has material parameters

II = diag11a

bI diag11a

b

II = diag11a

bI diag11a

b 20

We consider the simplest case where region I is freepace In addition hr is a linear function expressed asr= rminusbcminusa cminusb+a Thus one has I=I=1 and

= =diag11 a b2

II II

If the original single layer is composed of free spacene obtains the material parameters of the bilayer as 11=1 and

2r = 2r =rc minus a + ca minus b

rc minus a

2 = 2 =rc minus a

rc minus a + ca minus b

2z = 2z =rc minus a2 + ca minus bc minus a

rc minus b2 21

he material parameters of layer 2 are all negative Whenhe slope of hr is 1 layer 1 and layer 2 will have theame thickness and the material parameters can be re-uced to 2r=2r= rminus2c r 2=2=r rminus2c and 2z2z= rminus2c r This is just the cylindrical superlenstudied in [24] This type of cylindrical superlens is analo-ous to Pendryrsquos slab superlens in superlensing perfor-anceIf layer 1 is composed of some indefinite medium (with

oth positive and negative tensor components in its ma-erial parameters) in EM space the compensated bilayerill accordingly be composed of indefinite media This sce-ario was previously studied by Smith and Schurig but

imited only to slab geometry [35] Here we propose aompensated bilayer lens made of indefinite media in cy-indrical geometry As a particular example we choose a15 b=05 and c= Region I is free space and regionI has material parameters II=II=diag119 Theriginal single layer is an indefinite medium with diag1minus11 and =diagminus111 By using a linearadial transformation function with a slope of 1 we ob-ain the material parameters of layers 1 and 2 as 1diag1minus11 and 1=diagminus111 2=diagrminus2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r and 2=diagminusrminus4 r r r4 rminus4 r We consider an EM wave propagating in

rminus plane with TE polarization (ie the E field is alonghe z direction) For this special polarization consider-tion the material parameters of region II can be reducedo II=9 and II=1 The material parameters of layers 1nd 2 relevant to the TE polarization are plotted in Figs(a) and 5(b) respectively We deploy the finite-elementethod from the commercial COMSOL Multiphysics

ackage to carry out numerical simulations In the full-ave simulation a line current source is positioned at (rminus155 ) near S1 The simulated electric field dis-

ribution is plotted in Fig 6 It is seen that the field per-ectly transfers from S1 to S2 almost without distortionut with a simple linear scaling An image of the source isherefore formed at S2 It should be noticed that for nu-erical simulations in this work all material parameters

maller than 1 are given a small imaginary part of 0006ihis is the reason behind the finite scattering perceivable

rom Fig 6For a cylindrical bilayer constructed using this method

nly one layer of the bilayers has gradient material pa-ameters One can however choose to construct a cylin-rical compensated bilayer by rolling up a slab compen-ated bilayer as in [3236] In that case both layers of the

oom

2Hifrdtbl

btdiifit

3Aoncnis[dcwaTafggAg(sFf

Fscstli

Fo

Fbminus

B46 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

btained cylindrical bilayer plus the background regionsutside and inside the bilayer all need to have gradientaterial parameters which is certainly not desirable

Invariant Scatteringere we will show that the scattering caused by a bilayer

s related only to its geometry and the boundary mappingunction M and is independent of the bilayer material pa-ameters as long as its construction follows the rules ad-ressed in this paper As a demonstration we examinehe scattering caused by the two cylindrical bilayers Oneilayer is as the same as studied in Fig 6 The other bi-ayer has the same geometrical parameters as in Fig 6

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus200

0

200

ig 6 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a line currentource located at (r=155 ) interacting with a cylindricalompensated bilayer composed of indefinite media The compen-ated bilayer lens has the same parameters as in Fig 5 excepthat material parameters smaller than 1 are all given a smalloss of 0006i Region II has material parameters of II=9 andII=1 The bilayer is outlined by solid lines The source and the

mage are denoted by an asterisk

1 125 1minus2

minus1

0

1

2

Mat

eria

lPar

amet

ers

micro31r

micro31θ

ε31z

(a)ig 5 (Color online) Material parameters of a cylindrical compf layer 1 (b) material parameters of layer 2

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2 minus

minus

0

1

2

(a)ig 7 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a plane wavilayer having the same geometrical parameters as in Fig2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r Regions I and II are free space The

ut has different material parameters as 1=1=1 and2=2=diagrminus2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r In both caseshe background regions I and II are free space The fieldistributions simulated as a plane wave incident from leftnfinity are shown in Figs 7(a) and 7(b) By comparison its observed that regions I and II have almost the sameeld distributions indicating identical scattering charac-eristics of the two bilayers

Optical Illusions discussed above if a scatterer is put in region II anbserver will feel as if the scattered field is from a mag-ified scatterer located in region II This has been dis-ussed in [2526] with lenses made of media with all-egative material components Conversely if a scatterer

s put in region I the observer in region II will feel ahrunk scatterer This phenomenon has been indicated in32] but with no numerical examples given Here we willemonstrate this phenomenon numerically with a con-rete example Region I is transformed from region Ihich is restricted by the condition that region Irsquos bound-ry S1 ie r=a be transformed to the boundary r=bhe simplest transformation satisfying this restriction islinear function with r=rb a Using this transformation

unction one can easily get the material parameters of re-ion I In our example the material parameters of re-ions I II and the bilayer are the same as that in Fig 6perfect electric conductor (PEC) cylinder is added in re-

ion I The cylinder has a radius of 15 and is located atr=3 ) The simulated electric field distributionubject to a line current source at the origin is plotted inig 8(a) Transforming region I to I with a linear trans-

ormation function r=r 3 one finds that the correspond-

05 075 1minus4

minus2

0

2

4

Mat

erai

lPar

amet

ers

micro32r

micro32θ

ε32z

)d bilayer composed of indefinite media (a) Material parameters

x1λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2 minus2

minus1

0

1

2

)left infinity interacting with (a) the bilayer as in Fig 6 (b) thedifferent material parameters 1=1=1 and 2=2=diagr

r is outlined by solid lines

5(b

ensate

2

1

2

(be from6 butbilaye

iog=pswa8t

C

1Hllaetzrgwib

dminusmminus=s

sttn

2Fahspidep+d=idbtbs

6Iomvptttmcs

FbFr

Fpcsb+minus=ss

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B47

ng PEC cylinder changes to a smaller size with a radiusf 05 and is located at (r= ) The free-space back-round in region I changes to a medium with I=Idiag119 which is as the same as in region II For TEolarization the material parameters reduce to I=9 and

I=1 Thus an observer in region II will feel a shrunkcatterer in a medium with b=9 and b=1 To verify thise simulate the interaction of the same source with suchshrunk scatterer placed in a background with b=9 andb=1 The resulted field distribution is plotted in Fig(b) Comparing Figs 8(a) and 8(b) one can notice almosthe same field distributions as in region II

Compensated Bilayer of Type B

Perfect Imagingere we consider a square-shaped bilayer of type B as il-

ustrated in Fig 9(a) Referring to the figure layer 1 andayer 2 are connected through the squarersquos diagonal with

length of Layer 2 is obtained by folding layer 1 lin-arly in the x1 direction Thus the material parameters ofhe bilayer should fulfill 1=minus2 and 1=minus2 To achieveero reflection region I should be perfectly matched withegion II [see Fig 3(a)] To find an appropriate back-round combination we may start with an EM spacehere regions I and II are both free space fulfilling the

mpedance matching condition Region II can be obtainedy a compression of region II For our example this can

minus05 0 05

minus050

05

x1 λ

x2 λ

minus4 minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus20minus100100

RegionII

(a)ig 8 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a line currenedded in region I (b) a PEC cylinder in the background with big 6 The PEC cylinder in (a) located at (r=3 ) has a raadius of 05 The bilayer and the PEC cylinder are outlined by

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2minus2

minus1

0

1

2

minus400

minus200

0

200

(b)(a)

ig 9 (Color online) (a) Illustration of a square-shaped com-ensated bilayer of type B (b) Electric field distribution for a lineurrent source J1=a13x1minus0313x2minus03x3 interacting with thequare-shaped compensated bilayer as in (a) The compensatedilayer has material parameters 1=1=1 and 2=2=minus10006i Region II has material parameters II=II= 5minus30320002 for the half part of x20 and II=II530320002 for the half part of x20 Region I is freepace The bilayer and region II are outlined by solid lines theource and the image are denoted by

one with transformation functions x1=12x1+3205

absx2 x2=x2 and x3=x3 In this way we obtain theaterial parameters of region II as II=II= 5minus30320002 for the half part of x20 and II=II530320002 for the half part of x20 In theimulation we take the bilayer material parameters as1=1=1 and 2=2=minus1+0006i A line current source iset to be J=a13x1minus0313x2minus03z The simulated elec-ric field distribution is plotted in Fig 9(b) It is observedhat the field transfers from boundary S1 to boundary S2early perfectly and an image is formed at boundary S2

Invariant Scatteringor this case we consider a compensated bilayer of type Bs illustrated in Fig 2(b) The inversion mapping functionx1 is a linear function with a negative slope of 1 Thehape of the bilayer is just a perfect clinder The materialarameters of the bilayer can be obtained from Eq (9)e 1=minus2 and 1=minus2 The invariant scattering can beemonstrated with two bilayers sharing the same geom-try One bilayer has a radius of 05 and has materialarameters 1=4 and 1=1 1=minus4+0006i and 1=minus10006i The other bilayer has the same geometry but hasifferent material parameters as 1=3 and 1=3 and 2minus3+0006i and 2=minus3+0006i Both bilayers are placed

n a free-space background When a plane wave is inci-ent from left infinity the field distributions for the twoilayers are as plotted in Figs 10(a) and 10(b) respec-ively By comparison it is observed that the field distri-utions in the free-space background are almost theame

CONCLUSIONSn this paper we have presented a comprehensive studyn generalized compensated bilayers based on transfor-ation optics The compensated bilayers are broadly di-

ided into two categories according to their geometricalroperties Both types of compensated bilayers can be ob-ained by making a folding-style coordinate transforma-ion based on a single material layer in the EM space Thewo outer boundaries of a compensated bilayer are bothapped from a single surface in the EM space Therefore

ompensated bilayers exhibit nihility an external ob-erver can feel the same fields as nonexistence of the bi-

x1 λ

x2 λ

minus4 minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus200minus1000100

minus05 0 05

minus050

05

RegionII

)ce located at the origin interacting with (a) a PEC cylinder em-b=1 The compensated bilayer has the same parameters as in

f 15 The PEC cylinder in (b) located at at (r= ) has alines

00

(bt sour

=9 anddius osolid

lscfpvccp

ATSC

R

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

Fwo+

B48 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

ayer This feature leads to the phenomenon of invariantcattering When the background is designed properly aompensated bilayer can transfer the EM field perfectlyrom one surface to the other without any scattering Thisroperty allows compensated bilayers to function as de-ices for achieving perfect imaging achieving invisibilityloaking and creating illusion optics Extensive numeri-al examples are presented to demonstrate the identifiedroperties and applications

CKNOWLEDGMENTShis work is supported by the Swedish Foundation fortrategic Research (SSF) and the Swedish Researchouncil (VR)

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0

1 minus

0

3

(a)ig 10 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a plane wavhich has a radius of 05 and material parameters as 1=4 an

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0

3

)left infinity interacting with (a) a cylindrical bilayer of type Band 2=minus4+0006i and 2=minus1+0006i (b) a cylindrical bilayerl parameters as 1=3 and 1=3 and 2=minus3+0006i and 2=minus3lined by solid lines

3

2

(be from

d 1=1ateriais out

3

3

3

3

3

3

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oecIis

abcptpthfBtsts

t

maosIsfapHb

tiltBsogmvtImtcrdt

wwjg

l

ecf

5CAcbbdcaaiTxpopaba

hp=de[

wfiflvedtcatxatal

1Aflfq=ig1dtc[

B44 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

f the bilayer ie from a change in the material param-ters of the original single layer in EM space will nothange the field distributions in background regions I andI This indicates that the scattered field by the bilayer isndependent of the material parameters of the bilayertructure

It should be mentioned that the phenomenon of invari-nt scattering can be extended to active obstacles For theilayer of type A if a noise source is present in layer 1 aomplementary source can be placed in a correspondingosition in layer 2 to annihilate the radiation caused byhe source in layer 1 This can be classified as a separateroperty of the compensated bilayer referred to as ldquoradia-ion cancellationrdquo For the bilayer of type A this subjectas been studied in [23] However to our knowledge so

ar the subject has not been studied for the bilayer of type In fact we have noticed that the phenomenon of radia-

ion cancellation by the bilayer of type B is not always astraightforward as the case for the bilayer of type A De-ailed investigations of this phenomenon will be pre-ented in a future publication

In addition based on our above discussion one may findhe following applications for a compensated bilayer

Perfect imaging With the right choice of backgroundaterial one can transfer EM fields from one boundary ofcompensated bilayer to the other perfectly with or with-

ut a linear scaling To require zero reflection it is neces-ary for region I (II) to be perfectly matched with regionI I This in turn gives the required material relation-hip between regions I and II It is worth noting that per-ect imaging is even possible in the presence of passivend active obstacles [2332] If a passive scatterer isresent in the bilayer the image quality will be degradedowever one can put a complementary scatterer in theilayer to recover the imageOptical illusion An object appears as another object

o an observer in a different domain Consider an examplen which a scatterer is put inside region II of a type A bi-ayer structure as in Fig 2(a) Assume that region II hashe same material parameters as region I In this caseob in region I perceives the scatterer as a magnifiedcatterer in a background with the material parametersf region I since the scatterer will be magnified when re-ion II is transformed to region II Such an llusion ofagnification was previously discussed in [2526] Con-

ersely if the scatterer is in region I and region I hashe same material parameters as region II Bob in regionI will feel a shrunk scatterer in the background with theaterial parameters of region II For the bilayer struc-

ure of type B a similar phenomenon of optical illusionan also occur as discussed in [27] If the object is put inegion II (I) region II (I) is just the restoring medium asefined in [27] To an observer in region I (II) it appearshat an an object is present in region II I

Invisibility cloaking An object is made invisibleithout perturbing the incident fields For this purposee can put a compensating object to offset the original ob-

ect in a compensated structure To achieve invisibility re-ion I (II) should be impedance matched with region III This phenomenon has been well discussed in [17]

In the following we will focus on demonstrating the fol-owing properties and applications of compensated bilay-

rs perfect imaging and invariant scattering The appli-ations to optical illusion and invisibility cloaking can beound in [1725ndash27]

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS FOROMPENSATED BILAYER Slab-shaped Compensated Bilayer of Type A

ompensated bilayer in slab geometry can be constructedy an identity transformation plus a coordinate inversionased on a single slab layer Suppose that the bilayer un-er study is oriented perpendicular to x1 For ease of dis-ussion we assume that the surface S1 is at x1=a whereis a constant and the transformation concerns only x1

nd x1 The transformation function for the coordinatenversion is denoted by x1=hx1 with a negative slopehe left and right boundaries of the bilayer ie x1=a and1=b are both mapped from x1=a Layer 1 has materialarameters 1 and 1 which are the same as those of theriginal single slab Layer 2 has material parameters ex-ressed by Eq (9) since the folding function is the sames that in Fig 2(b) Consider two regions separated by theilayer Region I has the material parameters I and Ind region II has the material parameters II and IIAssume that the inversion transformation function

x1 is a linear function with a slope of minusp where0 From Eq (9) it is derived that 2minusp diagminus1p 1 11 diagminus1p 1 1 2=minuspiagminus1p 1 11 diagminus1p 1 1 When p=1 the abovequations describe exactly the complementary media in3233]

In [3233] it is stated that a slab compensated bilayerhen put in a homogenous background can transfer EMelds perfectly from one interface to the other without re-ections Here we see that transformation optics pro-ides a clear geometrical interpretation of this phenom-non In addition transformation optics enables theesign of a much broader class of compensated bilayershan those proposed in [3233] One can easily extend aompensated bilayer to the following situations (1) p1ndor (2) hx1 is a nonlinear function andor (3) theransformation function concerns all coordinates not only1 and x1 andor (4) the single slab in EM space containsrbitrary inhomogeneity anisotropy [23] This facilitateshe unification of a range of perfect previously studied im-ging devices including Pendryrsquos perfect lens the bilayerens made of indefinite media

Perfect Imagings discussed in Section 4 perfect imaging requires the re-ectionless condition That is region I (II) should be per-

ectly matched with region II I in impedance This re-uirement can be satisfied easily when 1=II and 1II since region II I can be obtained easily by shift-

ng region II (I) The simplest case is that background re-ions on both side are free space In addition when layeris also free space layer 2 would be a left-handed me-

ium with n=minus1 The obtained bilayer is none other thanhe perfect slab lens in [34] Since optical imaging forompensated bilayers in slab shape has been discussed in32] and more comprehensively in [23] here we will pro-

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Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B45

ide no further discussion It is meaningful to point outhat perfect imaging with free-space background in bothegions I and II is applicable only to compensated bilay-rs in slab geometry For all other bilayers backgroundaterials have to be chosen carefully in order to achieve

he reflectionless condition as will be shown in the follow-ng subsections

Cylindrical-Shaped Compensated Bilayer of Type Aere we numerically examine a compensated bilayer ob-

ained by transforming a cylindrical shell as illustratedn Fig 2(a) For ease of discussion we use cylindricalather than Cartesian coordinates The original cylindri-al coordinates are denoted as r z and the trans-ormed coordinates are denoted as r z The transfor-ation function concerns only r and r and is denoted as

=hr with a negative slope Layer 1 is in region arc while layer 2 is in region crb The relationship

etween material parameters in layers 1 and 2 is ex-ressed in Eq (8)Consider the case when and can be expressed di-

gonally in cylindrical coordinates ie 1=diag1r 1 1z and 1==diag1r 1 1z Then

rom Eq (8) the expressions for 2 and 2 can be reducedo

2 = diag hr

rhr1r

rhr

hr1

hrhr

r1z

2 = diag hr

rhr1r

rhr

hr1

hrhr

r1z 19

t is easily found that the material parameters in layers 1nd 2 should have different signs since hr0 andh dr0 This is a common requirement for a compen-ated bilayer

Perfect Imagingerfect imaging requires that region I be perfectlyatched with region II All free-space background is no

onger able to satisfy the requirement in this cylindricaleometry One can start by considering that regions I andegion II have identical material parameters Region IIs then transformed back to region II with boundary ra mapped to r=b The simplest transformation functionatisfying this boundary transformation condition is a lin-ar function expressed as r=ra b Under this linearransformation region II has material parameters

II = diag11a

bI diag11a

b

II = diag11a

bI diag11a

b 20

We consider the simplest case where region I is freepace In addition hr is a linear function expressed asr= rminusbcminusa cminusb+a Thus one has I=I=1 and

= =diag11 a b2

II II

If the original single layer is composed of free spacene obtains the material parameters of the bilayer as 11=1 and

2r = 2r =rc minus a + ca minus b

rc minus a

2 = 2 =rc minus a

rc minus a + ca minus b

2z = 2z =rc minus a2 + ca minus bc minus a

rc minus b2 21

he material parameters of layer 2 are all negative Whenhe slope of hr is 1 layer 1 and layer 2 will have theame thickness and the material parameters can be re-uced to 2r=2r= rminus2c r 2=2=r rminus2c and 2z2z= rminus2c r This is just the cylindrical superlenstudied in [24] This type of cylindrical superlens is analo-ous to Pendryrsquos slab superlens in superlensing perfor-anceIf layer 1 is composed of some indefinite medium (with

oth positive and negative tensor components in its ma-erial parameters) in EM space the compensated bilayerill accordingly be composed of indefinite media This sce-ario was previously studied by Smith and Schurig but

imited only to slab geometry [35] Here we propose aompensated bilayer lens made of indefinite media in cy-indrical geometry As a particular example we choose a15 b=05 and c= Region I is free space and regionI has material parameters II=II=diag119 Theriginal single layer is an indefinite medium with diag1minus11 and =diagminus111 By using a linearadial transformation function with a slope of 1 we ob-ain the material parameters of layers 1 and 2 as 1diag1minus11 and 1=diagminus111 2=diagrminus2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r and 2=diagminusrminus4 r r r4 rminus4 r We consider an EM wave propagating in

rminus plane with TE polarization (ie the E field is alonghe z direction) For this special polarization consider-tion the material parameters of region II can be reducedo II=9 and II=1 The material parameters of layers 1nd 2 relevant to the TE polarization are plotted in Figs(a) and 5(b) respectively We deploy the finite-elementethod from the commercial COMSOL Multiphysics

ackage to carry out numerical simulations In the full-ave simulation a line current source is positioned at (rminus155 ) near S1 The simulated electric field dis-

ribution is plotted in Fig 6 It is seen that the field per-ectly transfers from S1 to S2 almost without distortionut with a simple linear scaling An image of the source isherefore formed at S2 It should be noticed that for nu-erical simulations in this work all material parameters

maller than 1 are given a small imaginary part of 0006ihis is the reason behind the finite scattering perceivable

rom Fig 6For a cylindrical bilayer constructed using this method

nly one layer of the bilayers has gradient material pa-ameters One can however choose to construct a cylin-rical compensated bilayer by rolling up a slab compen-ated bilayer as in [3236] In that case both layers of the

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B46 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

btained cylindrical bilayer plus the background regionsutside and inside the bilayer all need to have gradientaterial parameters which is certainly not desirable

Invariant Scatteringere we will show that the scattering caused by a bilayer

s related only to its geometry and the boundary mappingunction M and is independent of the bilayer material pa-ameters as long as its construction follows the rules ad-ressed in this paper As a demonstration we examinehe scattering caused by the two cylindrical bilayers Oneilayer is as the same as studied in Fig 6 The other bi-ayer has the same geometrical parameters as in Fig 6

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus200

0

200

ig 6 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a line currentource located at (r=155 ) interacting with a cylindricalompensated bilayer composed of indefinite media The compen-ated bilayer lens has the same parameters as in Fig 5 excepthat material parameters smaller than 1 are all given a smalloss of 0006i Region II has material parameters of II=9 andII=1 The bilayer is outlined by solid lines The source and the

mage are denoted by an asterisk

1 125 1minus2

minus1

0

1

2

Mat

eria

lPar

amet

ers

micro31r

micro31θ

ε31z

(a)ig 5 (Color online) Material parameters of a cylindrical compf layer 1 (b) material parameters of layer 2

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2 minus

minus

0

1

2

(a)ig 7 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a plane wavilayer having the same geometrical parameters as in Fig2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r Regions I and II are free space The

ut has different material parameters as 1=1=1 and2=2=diagrminus2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r In both caseshe background regions I and II are free space The fieldistributions simulated as a plane wave incident from leftnfinity are shown in Figs 7(a) and 7(b) By comparison its observed that regions I and II have almost the sameeld distributions indicating identical scattering charac-eristics of the two bilayers

Optical Illusions discussed above if a scatterer is put in region II anbserver will feel as if the scattered field is from a mag-ified scatterer located in region II This has been dis-ussed in [2526] with lenses made of media with all-egative material components Conversely if a scatterer

s put in region I the observer in region II will feel ahrunk scatterer This phenomenon has been indicated in32] but with no numerical examples given Here we willemonstrate this phenomenon numerically with a con-rete example Region I is transformed from region Ihich is restricted by the condition that region Irsquos bound-ry S1 ie r=a be transformed to the boundary r=bhe simplest transformation satisfying this restriction islinear function with r=rb a Using this transformation

unction one can easily get the material parameters of re-ion I In our example the material parameters of re-ions I II and the bilayer are the same as that in Fig 6perfect electric conductor (PEC) cylinder is added in re-

ion I The cylinder has a radius of 15 and is located atr=3 ) The simulated electric field distributionubject to a line current source at the origin is plotted inig 8(a) Transforming region I to I with a linear trans-

ormation function r=r 3 one finds that the correspond-

05 075 1minus4

minus2

0

2

4

Mat

erai

lPar

amet

ers

micro32r

micro32θ

ε32z

)d bilayer composed of indefinite media (a) Material parameters

x1λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2 minus2

minus1

0

1

2

)left infinity interacting with (a) the bilayer as in Fig 6 (b) thedifferent material parameters 1=1=1 and 2=2=diagr

r is outlined by solid lines

5(b

ensate

2

1

2

(be from6 butbilaye

iog=pswa8t

C

1Hllaetzrgwib

dminusmminus=s

sttn

2Fahspidep+d=idbtbs

6Iomvptttmcs

FbFr

Fpcsb+minus=ss

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B47

ng PEC cylinder changes to a smaller size with a radiusf 05 and is located at (r= ) The free-space back-round in region I changes to a medium with I=Idiag119 which is as the same as in region II For TEolarization the material parameters reduce to I=9 and

I=1 Thus an observer in region II will feel a shrunkcatterer in a medium with b=9 and b=1 To verify thise simulate the interaction of the same source with suchshrunk scatterer placed in a background with b=9 andb=1 The resulted field distribution is plotted in Fig(b) Comparing Figs 8(a) and 8(b) one can notice almosthe same field distributions as in region II

Compensated Bilayer of Type B

Perfect Imagingere we consider a square-shaped bilayer of type B as il-

ustrated in Fig 9(a) Referring to the figure layer 1 andayer 2 are connected through the squarersquos diagonal with

length of Layer 2 is obtained by folding layer 1 lin-arly in the x1 direction Thus the material parameters ofhe bilayer should fulfill 1=minus2 and 1=minus2 To achieveero reflection region I should be perfectly matched withegion II [see Fig 3(a)] To find an appropriate back-round combination we may start with an EM spacehere regions I and II are both free space fulfilling the

mpedance matching condition Region II can be obtainedy a compression of region II For our example this can

minus05 0 05

minus050

05

x1 λ

x2 λ

minus4 minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus20minus100100

RegionII

(a)ig 8 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a line currenedded in region I (b) a PEC cylinder in the background with big 6 The PEC cylinder in (a) located at (r=3 ) has a raadius of 05 The bilayer and the PEC cylinder are outlined by

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2minus2

minus1

0

1

2

minus400

minus200

0

200

(b)(a)

ig 9 (Color online) (a) Illustration of a square-shaped com-ensated bilayer of type B (b) Electric field distribution for a lineurrent source J1=a13x1minus0313x2minus03x3 interacting with thequare-shaped compensated bilayer as in (a) The compensatedilayer has material parameters 1=1=1 and 2=2=minus10006i Region II has material parameters II=II= 5minus30320002 for the half part of x20 and II=II530320002 for the half part of x20 Region I is freepace The bilayer and region II are outlined by solid lines theource and the image are denoted by

one with transformation functions x1=12x1+3205

absx2 x2=x2 and x3=x3 In this way we obtain theaterial parameters of region II as II=II= 5minus30320002 for the half part of x20 and II=II530320002 for the half part of x20 In theimulation we take the bilayer material parameters as1=1=1 and 2=2=minus1+0006i A line current source iset to be J=a13x1minus0313x2minus03z The simulated elec-ric field distribution is plotted in Fig 9(b) It is observedhat the field transfers from boundary S1 to boundary S2early perfectly and an image is formed at boundary S2

Invariant Scatteringor this case we consider a compensated bilayer of type Bs illustrated in Fig 2(b) The inversion mapping functionx1 is a linear function with a negative slope of 1 Thehape of the bilayer is just a perfect clinder The materialarameters of the bilayer can be obtained from Eq (9)e 1=minus2 and 1=minus2 The invariant scattering can beemonstrated with two bilayers sharing the same geom-try One bilayer has a radius of 05 and has materialarameters 1=4 and 1=1 1=minus4+0006i and 1=minus10006i The other bilayer has the same geometry but hasifferent material parameters as 1=3 and 1=3 and 2minus3+0006i and 2=minus3+0006i Both bilayers are placed

n a free-space background When a plane wave is inci-ent from left infinity the field distributions for the twoilayers are as plotted in Figs 10(a) and 10(b) respec-ively By comparison it is observed that the field distri-utions in the free-space background are almost theame

CONCLUSIONSn this paper we have presented a comprehensive studyn generalized compensated bilayers based on transfor-ation optics The compensated bilayers are broadly di-

ided into two categories according to their geometricalroperties Both types of compensated bilayers can be ob-ained by making a folding-style coordinate transforma-ion based on a single material layer in the EM space Thewo outer boundaries of a compensated bilayer are bothapped from a single surface in the EM space Therefore

ompensated bilayers exhibit nihility an external ob-erver can feel the same fields as nonexistence of the bi-

x1 λ

x2 λ

minus4 minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus200minus1000100

minus05 0 05

minus050

05

RegionII

)ce located at the origin interacting with (a) a PEC cylinder em-b=1 The compensated bilayer has the same parameters as in

f 15 The PEC cylinder in (b) located at at (r= ) has alines

00

(bt sour

=9 anddius osolid

lscfpvccp

ATSC

R

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

Fwo+

B48 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

ayer This feature leads to the phenomenon of invariantcattering When the background is designed properly aompensated bilayer can transfer the EM field perfectlyrom one surface to the other without any scattering Thisroperty allows compensated bilayers to function as de-ices for achieving perfect imaging achieving invisibilityloaking and creating illusion optics Extensive numeri-al examples are presented to demonstrate the identifiedroperties and applications

CKNOWLEDGMENTShis work is supported by the Swedish Foundation fortrategic Research (SSF) and the Swedish Researchouncil (VR)

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minus1 0 1

minus1

0

1 minus

0

3

(a)ig 10 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a plane wavhich has a radius of 05 and material parameters as 1=4 an

f type B which has the same geometry as in (a) but different m0006i The region outside the bilayer is free space The bilayer

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0

1 minus3

0

3

)left infinity interacting with (a) a cylindrical bilayer of type Band 2=minus4+0006i and 2=minus1+0006i (b) a cylindrical bilayerl parameters as 1=3 and 1=3 and 2=minus3+0006i and 2=minus3lined by solid lines

3

2

(be from

d 1=1ateriais out

3

3

3

3

3

3

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ords

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ide no further discussion It is meaningful to point outhat perfect imaging with free-space background in bothegions I and II is applicable only to compensated bilay-rs in slab geometry For all other bilayers backgroundaterials have to be chosen carefully in order to achieve

he reflectionless condition as will be shown in the follow-ng subsections

Cylindrical-Shaped Compensated Bilayer of Type Aere we numerically examine a compensated bilayer ob-

ained by transforming a cylindrical shell as illustratedn Fig 2(a) For ease of discussion we use cylindricalather than Cartesian coordinates The original cylindri-al coordinates are denoted as r z and the trans-ormed coordinates are denoted as r z The transfor-ation function concerns only r and r and is denoted as

=hr with a negative slope Layer 1 is in region arc while layer 2 is in region crb The relationship

etween material parameters in layers 1 and 2 is ex-ressed in Eq (8)Consider the case when and can be expressed di-

gonally in cylindrical coordinates ie 1=diag1r 1 1z and 1==diag1r 1 1z Then

rom Eq (8) the expressions for 2 and 2 can be reducedo

2 = diag hr

rhr1r

rhr

hr1

hrhr

r1z

2 = diag hr

rhr1r

rhr

hr1

hrhr

r1z 19

t is easily found that the material parameters in layers 1nd 2 should have different signs since hr0 andh dr0 This is a common requirement for a compen-ated bilayer

Perfect Imagingerfect imaging requires that region I be perfectlyatched with region II All free-space background is no

onger able to satisfy the requirement in this cylindricaleometry One can start by considering that regions I andegion II have identical material parameters Region IIs then transformed back to region II with boundary ra mapped to r=b The simplest transformation functionatisfying this boundary transformation condition is a lin-ar function expressed as r=ra b Under this linearransformation region II has material parameters

II = diag11a

bI diag11a

b

II = diag11a

bI diag11a

b 20

We consider the simplest case where region I is freepace In addition hr is a linear function expressed asr= rminusbcminusa cminusb+a Thus one has I=I=1 and

= =diag11 a b2

II II

If the original single layer is composed of free spacene obtains the material parameters of the bilayer as 11=1 and

2r = 2r =rc minus a + ca minus b

rc minus a

2 = 2 =rc minus a

rc minus a + ca minus b

2z = 2z =rc minus a2 + ca minus bc minus a

rc minus b2 21

he material parameters of layer 2 are all negative Whenhe slope of hr is 1 layer 1 and layer 2 will have theame thickness and the material parameters can be re-uced to 2r=2r= rminus2c r 2=2=r rminus2c and 2z2z= rminus2c r This is just the cylindrical superlenstudied in [24] This type of cylindrical superlens is analo-ous to Pendryrsquos slab superlens in superlensing perfor-anceIf layer 1 is composed of some indefinite medium (with

oth positive and negative tensor components in its ma-erial parameters) in EM space the compensated bilayerill accordingly be composed of indefinite media This sce-ario was previously studied by Smith and Schurig but

imited only to slab geometry [35] Here we propose aompensated bilayer lens made of indefinite media in cy-indrical geometry As a particular example we choose a15 b=05 and c= Region I is free space and regionI has material parameters II=II=diag119 Theriginal single layer is an indefinite medium with diag1minus11 and =diagminus111 By using a linearadial transformation function with a slope of 1 we ob-ain the material parameters of layers 1 and 2 as 1diag1minus11 and 1=diagminus111 2=diagrminus2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r and 2=diagminusrminus4 r r r4 rminus4 r We consider an EM wave propagating in

rminus plane with TE polarization (ie the E field is alonghe z direction) For this special polarization consider-tion the material parameters of region II can be reducedo II=9 and II=1 The material parameters of layers 1nd 2 relevant to the TE polarization are plotted in Figs(a) and 5(b) respectively We deploy the finite-elementethod from the commercial COMSOL Multiphysics

ackage to carry out numerical simulations In the full-ave simulation a line current source is positioned at (rminus155 ) near S1 The simulated electric field dis-

ribution is plotted in Fig 6 It is seen that the field per-ectly transfers from S1 to S2 almost without distortionut with a simple linear scaling An image of the source isherefore formed at S2 It should be noticed that for nu-erical simulations in this work all material parameters

maller than 1 are given a small imaginary part of 0006ihis is the reason behind the finite scattering perceivable

rom Fig 6For a cylindrical bilayer constructed using this method

nly one layer of the bilayers has gradient material pa-ameters One can however choose to construct a cylin-rical compensated bilayer by rolling up a slab compen-ated bilayer as in [3236] In that case both layers of the

oom

2Hifrdtbl

btdiifit

3Aoncnis[dcwaTafggAg(sFf

Fscstli

Fo

Fbminus

B46 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

btained cylindrical bilayer plus the background regionsutside and inside the bilayer all need to have gradientaterial parameters which is certainly not desirable

Invariant Scatteringere we will show that the scattering caused by a bilayer

s related only to its geometry and the boundary mappingunction M and is independent of the bilayer material pa-ameters as long as its construction follows the rules ad-ressed in this paper As a demonstration we examinehe scattering caused by the two cylindrical bilayers Oneilayer is as the same as studied in Fig 6 The other bi-ayer has the same geometrical parameters as in Fig 6

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus200

0

200

ig 6 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a line currentource located at (r=155 ) interacting with a cylindricalompensated bilayer composed of indefinite media The compen-ated bilayer lens has the same parameters as in Fig 5 excepthat material parameters smaller than 1 are all given a smalloss of 0006i Region II has material parameters of II=9 andII=1 The bilayer is outlined by solid lines The source and the

mage are denoted by an asterisk

1 125 1minus2

minus1

0

1

2

Mat

eria

lPar

amet

ers

micro31r

micro31θ

ε31z

(a)ig 5 (Color online) Material parameters of a cylindrical compf layer 1 (b) material parameters of layer 2

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2 minus

minus

0

1

2

(a)ig 7 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a plane wavilayer having the same geometrical parameters as in Fig2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r Regions I and II are free space The

ut has different material parameters as 1=1=1 and2=2=diagrminus2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r In both caseshe background regions I and II are free space The fieldistributions simulated as a plane wave incident from leftnfinity are shown in Figs 7(a) and 7(b) By comparison its observed that regions I and II have almost the sameeld distributions indicating identical scattering charac-eristics of the two bilayers

Optical Illusions discussed above if a scatterer is put in region II anbserver will feel as if the scattered field is from a mag-ified scatterer located in region II This has been dis-ussed in [2526] with lenses made of media with all-egative material components Conversely if a scatterer

s put in region I the observer in region II will feel ahrunk scatterer This phenomenon has been indicated in32] but with no numerical examples given Here we willemonstrate this phenomenon numerically with a con-rete example Region I is transformed from region Ihich is restricted by the condition that region Irsquos bound-ry S1 ie r=a be transformed to the boundary r=bhe simplest transformation satisfying this restriction islinear function with r=rb a Using this transformation

unction one can easily get the material parameters of re-ion I In our example the material parameters of re-ions I II and the bilayer are the same as that in Fig 6perfect electric conductor (PEC) cylinder is added in re-

ion I The cylinder has a radius of 15 and is located atr=3 ) The simulated electric field distributionubject to a line current source at the origin is plotted inig 8(a) Transforming region I to I with a linear trans-

ormation function r=r 3 one finds that the correspond-

05 075 1minus4

minus2

0

2

4

Mat

erai

lPar

amet

ers

micro32r

micro32θ

ε32z

)d bilayer composed of indefinite media (a) Material parameters

x1λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2 minus2

minus1

0

1

2

)left infinity interacting with (a) the bilayer as in Fig 6 (b) thedifferent material parameters 1=1=1 and 2=2=diagr

r is outlined by solid lines

5(b

ensate

2

1

2

(be from6 butbilaye

iog=pswa8t

C

1Hllaetzrgwib

dminusmminus=s

sttn

2Fahspidep+d=idbtbs

6Iomvptttmcs

FbFr

Fpcsb+minus=ss

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B47

ng PEC cylinder changes to a smaller size with a radiusf 05 and is located at (r= ) The free-space back-round in region I changes to a medium with I=Idiag119 which is as the same as in region II For TEolarization the material parameters reduce to I=9 and

I=1 Thus an observer in region II will feel a shrunkcatterer in a medium with b=9 and b=1 To verify thise simulate the interaction of the same source with suchshrunk scatterer placed in a background with b=9 andb=1 The resulted field distribution is plotted in Fig(b) Comparing Figs 8(a) and 8(b) one can notice almosthe same field distributions as in region II

Compensated Bilayer of Type B

Perfect Imagingere we consider a square-shaped bilayer of type B as il-

ustrated in Fig 9(a) Referring to the figure layer 1 andayer 2 are connected through the squarersquos diagonal with

length of Layer 2 is obtained by folding layer 1 lin-arly in the x1 direction Thus the material parameters ofhe bilayer should fulfill 1=minus2 and 1=minus2 To achieveero reflection region I should be perfectly matched withegion II [see Fig 3(a)] To find an appropriate back-round combination we may start with an EM spacehere regions I and II are both free space fulfilling the

mpedance matching condition Region II can be obtainedy a compression of region II For our example this can

minus05 0 05

minus050

05

x1 λ

x2 λ

minus4 minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus20minus100100

RegionII

(a)ig 8 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a line currenedded in region I (b) a PEC cylinder in the background with big 6 The PEC cylinder in (a) located at (r=3 ) has a raadius of 05 The bilayer and the PEC cylinder are outlined by

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2minus2

minus1

0

1

2

minus400

minus200

0

200

(b)(a)

ig 9 (Color online) (a) Illustration of a square-shaped com-ensated bilayer of type B (b) Electric field distribution for a lineurrent source J1=a13x1minus0313x2minus03x3 interacting with thequare-shaped compensated bilayer as in (a) The compensatedilayer has material parameters 1=1=1 and 2=2=minus10006i Region II has material parameters II=II= 5minus30320002 for the half part of x20 and II=II530320002 for the half part of x20 Region I is freepace The bilayer and region II are outlined by solid lines theource and the image are denoted by

one with transformation functions x1=12x1+3205

absx2 x2=x2 and x3=x3 In this way we obtain theaterial parameters of region II as II=II= 5minus30320002 for the half part of x20 and II=II530320002 for the half part of x20 In theimulation we take the bilayer material parameters as1=1=1 and 2=2=minus1+0006i A line current source iset to be J=a13x1minus0313x2minus03z The simulated elec-ric field distribution is plotted in Fig 9(b) It is observedhat the field transfers from boundary S1 to boundary S2early perfectly and an image is formed at boundary S2

Invariant Scatteringor this case we consider a compensated bilayer of type Bs illustrated in Fig 2(b) The inversion mapping functionx1 is a linear function with a negative slope of 1 Thehape of the bilayer is just a perfect clinder The materialarameters of the bilayer can be obtained from Eq (9)e 1=minus2 and 1=minus2 The invariant scattering can beemonstrated with two bilayers sharing the same geom-try One bilayer has a radius of 05 and has materialarameters 1=4 and 1=1 1=minus4+0006i and 1=minus10006i The other bilayer has the same geometry but hasifferent material parameters as 1=3 and 1=3 and 2minus3+0006i and 2=minus3+0006i Both bilayers are placed

n a free-space background When a plane wave is inci-ent from left infinity the field distributions for the twoilayers are as plotted in Figs 10(a) and 10(b) respec-ively By comparison it is observed that the field distri-utions in the free-space background are almost theame

CONCLUSIONSn this paper we have presented a comprehensive studyn generalized compensated bilayers based on transfor-ation optics The compensated bilayers are broadly di-

ided into two categories according to their geometricalroperties Both types of compensated bilayers can be ob-ained by making a folding-style coordinate transforma-ion based on a single material layer in the EM space Thewo outer boundaries of a compensated bilayer are bothapped from a single surface in the EM space Therefore

ompensated bilayers exhibit nihility an external ob-erver can feel the same fields as nonexistence of the bi-

x1 λ

x2 λ

minus4 minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus200minus1000100

minus05 0 05

minus050

05

RegionII

)ce located at the origin interacting with (a) a PEC cylinder em-b=1 The compensated bilayer has the same parameters as in

f 15 The PEC cylinder in (b) located at at (r= ) has alines

00

(bt sour

=9 anddius osolid

lscfpvccp

ATSC

R

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

Fwo+

B48 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

ayer This feature leads to the phenomenon of invariantcattering When the background is designed properly aompensated bilayer can transfer the EM field perfectlyrom one surface to the other without any scattering Thisroperty allows compensated bilayers to function as de-ices for achieving perfect imaging achieving invisibilityloaking and creating illusion optics Extensive numeri-al examples are presented to demonstrate the identifiedroperties and applications

CKNOWLEDGMENTShis work is supported by the Swedish Foundation fortrategic Research (SSF) and the Swedish Researchouncil (VR)

EFERENCES1 J B Pendry D Schurig and D R Smith ldquoControlling

electromagnetic fieldsrdquo Science 312 1780ndash1782 (2006)2 U Leonhardt ldquoOptical conformal mappingrdquo Science 312

1777ndash1780 (2006)3 U Leonhardt and T Tyc ldquoBroadband invisibility by non-

Euclidean cloakingrdquo Science 323 110ndash112 (2009)4 U Leonhardt and T G Philbin ldquoGeneral relativity in

electrical engineeringrdquo New J Phys 8 247 (2006)5 U Leonhardt and T G Philbin ldquoTransformation optics and

the geometry of lightrdquo httpwwwarXiv08054778v2[physics optics] 2008

6 M Yan W Yan and M Qiu ldquoInvisibility cloaking bycoordinate transformationrdquo in Progress in Optics Vol 52E Wolf ed (Elsevier 2008) Chap 4

7 D Schurig J J Mock B J Justice S A Cummer J BPendry A F Starr and D R Smith ldquoMetamaterialelectromagnetic cloak at microwave frequenciesrdquo Science314 977ndash980 (2006)

8 R Liu C Ji J J Mock J Y Chin T J Cui and D RSmith ldquoBroadband ground-plane cloakrdquo Science 323366ndash369 (2009)

9 J Valentine J Li T Zentgraf G Bartal and X ZhangldquoAn optical cloak made of dielectricsrdquo Nature Mater 8568ndash571 (2009)

0 L H Gabrielli J Cardenas C B Poitras and M LipsonldquoSilicon nanostructure cloak operating at opticalfrequenciesrdquo Nature Photon 3 461ndash463 (2009)

1 J H Lee J Blair V A Tamma Q Wu S J Rhee C JSummers and W Park ldquoDirect visualization of opticalfrequency invisibility cloak based on silicon nanorodarrayrdquo Opt Express 17 12922ndash12928 (2009)

2 I I Smolyaninov V N Smolyaninova A V Kildishev andV M Shalaev ldquoAnisotropic metamaterials emulated bytapered waveguides application to optical cloakingrdquo PhysRev Lett 102 213901 (2009)

x1λx2 λ

minus1 0 1

minus1

0

1 minus

0

3

(a)ig 10 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a plane wavhich has a radius of 05 and material parameters as 1=4 an

f type B which has the same geometry as in (a) but different m0006i The region outside the bilayer is free space The bilayer

3 Y G Ma C K Ong T Tyc and U Leonhardt ldquoAnomnidirectional retroreflector based on the transmutationof dielectric singularitiesrdquo Nature Mater 8 639ndash642(2009)

4 Z C Ruan M Yan C W Neff and M Qiu ldquoIdealcylindrical cloak perfect but sensitive to tinyperturbationsrdquo Phys Rev Lett 99 113903 (2007)

5 H S Chen B I Wu B L Zhang and J A KongldquoElectromagnetic wave interactions with a metamaterialcloakrdquo Phys Rev Lett 99 063903 (2007)

6 M Yan Z C Ruan and M Qiu ldquoCylindrical invisibilitycloak with simplified material parameters is inherentlyvisiblerdquo Appl Phys Lett 99 233901 (2007)

7 Y Lai H Y Chen Z Q Wang and C T ChanldquoComplementary media invisibility cloak that cloaksobjects at a distance outside the cloaking shellrdquo Phys RevLett 102 093901 (2009)

8 M Rahm S A Cummer D Schurig J B Pendry and DR Smith ldquoOptical design of reflectionless complex mediaby finite embedded coordinate transformationsrdquo Phys RevLett 100 063903 (2008)

9 H Y Chen and C T Chan ldquoTransformation media thatrotate electromagnetic fieldsrdquo Appl Phys Lett 90 241105(2007)

0 A Greenleaf Y Kurylev M Lassas and G UhlmannldquoElectromagnetic wormholes and virtual magneticmonopoles from metamaterialsrdquo Phys Rev Lett 99183901 (2007)

1 T Tyc and U Leonhardt ldquoTransmutation of singularities inoptical instrumentsrdquo New J Phys 10 115038 (2008)

2 A V Kildishev and V M Shalaev ldquoEngineering space forlight via transformation opticsrdquo Opt Lett 33 43ndash45(2008)

3 W Yan M Yan and M Qiu ldquoAchieving perfect imagingbeyond passive and active obstacles by a transformedbilayer lensrdquo Phys Rev B 79 161101 (2008)

4 M Yan W Yan and M Qiu ldquoCylindrical superlens by acoordinate transformationrdquo Phys Rev B 78 125113 (2008)

5 T Yang H Y Chen X D Luo and H R MaldquoSuperscatterer Enhancement of scattering withcomplementary mediardquo Opt Express 16 18545ndash18550(2008)

6 Y Luo J J Zhang H S Chen B I Wu L X Ran and JA Kong ldquoWave and ray analysis of a type of cloakexhibiting magnified and shifted scattering effectrdquo httpwwwarXiv09041463 [physics optics] 2009

7 Y Lai J Ng H Y Chen D Z Han J J Xiao Z Q Wangand C T Chan ldquoIllusion optics the optical transformationof an object into another objectrdquo Phys Rev Lett 102253902 (2009)

8 R A Shelby D R Smith and S Schultz ldquoExperimentalverification of a negative index of refractionrdquo Science 29277ndash79 (2001)

9 D R Smith J B Pendry and M C K WiltshireldquoMetamaterials and negative refractive indexrdquo Science305 788ndash792 (2004)

0 J Valentine S Zhang T Zentgraf E Ulin-Avila D A

x1λ

minus1 0 1

minus1

0

1 minus3

0

3

)left infinity interacting with (a) a cylindrical bilayer of type Band 2=minus4+0006i and 2=minus1+0006i (b) a cylindrical bilayerl parameters as 1=3 and 1=3 and 2=minus3+0006i and 2=minus3lined by solid lines

3

2

(be from

d 1=1ateriais out

3

3

3

3

3

3

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B49

Genov G Bartal and X Zhang ldquoThree-dimensional opticalmetamaterial with a negative refractive indexrdquo Nature455 376ndash379 (2008)

1 J Yao Z W Liu Y M Liu Y Wang C Sun G Bartal AM Stacy and X Zhang ldquoOptical negative refraction inbulk metamaterials of nanowiresrdquo Science 321 930 (2008)

2 J B Pendry and S A Ramakrishna ldquoFocusing light usingnegative refractionrdquo J Phys Condens Matter 15

6345ndash6364 (2003)

3 A Lakhtakia ldquoOn perfect lenses and nihilityrdquo Int JInfrared Millim Waves 23 339ndash343 (2002)

4 J B Pendry ldquoNegative refraction makes a perfect lensrdquoPhys Rev Lett 85 3966ndash3969 (2000)

5 D R Smith and S Schurig ldquoElectromagnetic wavepropagation in media with indefinite permittivity andpermeability tensorsrdquo Phys Rev Lett 90 077405 (2003)

6 J B Pendry ldquoPerfect cylindrical lensesrdquo Opt Express 11

750ndash760 (2003)

oom

2Hifrdtbl

btdiifit

3Aoncnis[dcwaTafggAg(sFf

Fscstli

Fo

Fbminus

B46 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

btained cylindrical bilayer plus the background regionsutside and inside the bilayer all need to have gradientaterial parameters which is certainly not desirable

Invariant Scatteringere we will show that the scattering caused by a bilayer

s related only to its geometry and the boundary mappingunction M and is independent of the bilayer material pa-ameters as long as its construction follows the rules ad-ressed in this paper As a demonstration we examinehe scattering caused by the two cylindrical bilayers Oneilayer is as the same as studied in Fig 6 The other bi-ayer has the same geometrical parameters as in Fig 6

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus200

0

200

ig 6 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a line currentource located at (r=155 ) interacting with a cylindricalompensated bilayer composed of indefinite media The compen-ated bilayer lens has the same parameters as in Fig 5 excepthat material parameters smaller than 1 are all given a smalloss of 0006i Region II has material parameters of II=9 andII=1 The bilayer is outlined by solid lines The source and the

mage are denoted by an asterisk

1 125 1minus2

minus1

0

1

2

Mat

eria

lPar

amet

ers

micro31r

micro31θ

ε31z

(a)ig 5 (Color online) Material parameters of a cylindrical compf layer 1 (b) material parameters of layer 2

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2 minus

minus

0

1

2

(a)ig 7 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a plane wavilayer having the same geometrical parameters as in Fig2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r Regions I and II are free space The

ut has different material parameters as 1=1=1 and2=2=diagrminus2 r r rminus2 rminus2 r In both caseshe background regions I and II are free space The fieldistributions simulated as a plane wave incident from leftnfinity are shown in Figs 7(a) and 7(b) By comparison its observed that regions I and II have almost the sameeld distributions indicating identical scattering charac-eristics of the two bilayers

Optical Illusions discussed above if a scatterer is put in region II anbserver will feel as if the scattered field is from a mag-ified scatterer located in region II This has been dis-ussed in [2526] with lenses made of media with all-egative material components Conversely if a scatterer

s put in region I the observer in region II will feel ahrunk scatterer This phenomenon has been indicated in32] but with no numerical examples given Here we willemonstrate this phenomenon numerically with a con-rete example Region I is transformed from region Ihich is restricted by the condition that region Irsquos bound-ry S1 ie r=a be transformed to the boundary r=bhe simplest transformation satisfying this restriction islinear function with r=rb a Using this transformation

unction one can easily get the material parameters of re-ion I In our example the material parameters of re-ions I II and the bilayer are the same as that in Fig 6perfect electric conductor (PEC) cylinder is added in re-

ion I The cylinder has a radius of 15 and is located atr=3 ) The simulated electric field distributionubject to a line current source at the origin is plotted inig 8(a) Transforming region I to I with a linear trans-

ormation function r=r 3 one finds that the correspond-

05 075 1minus4

minus2

0

2

4

Mat

erai

lPar

amet

ers

micro32r

micro32θ

ε32z

)d bilayer composed of indefinite media (a) Material parameters

x1λ

minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2 minus2

minus1

0

1

2

)left infinity interacting with (a) the bilayer as in Fig 6 (b) thedifferent material parameters 1=1=1 and 2=2=diagr

r is outlined by solid lines

5(b

ensate

2

1

2

(be from6 butbilaye

iog=pswa8t

C

1Hllaetzrgwib

dminusmminus=s

sttn

2Fahspidep+d=idbtbs

6Iomvptttmcs

FbFr

Fpcsb+minus=ss

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B47

ng PEC cylinder changes to a smaller size with a radiusf 05 and is located at (r= ) The free-space back-round in region I changes to a medium with I=Idiag119 which is as the same as in region II For TEolarization the material parameters reduce to I=9 and

I=1 Thus an observer in region II will feel a shrunkcatterer in a medium with b=9 and b=1 To verify thise simulate the interaction of the same source with suchshrunk scatterer placed in a background with b=9 andb=1 The resulted field distribution is plotted in Fig(b) Comparing Figs 8(a) and 8(b) one can notice almosthe same field distributions as in region II

Compensated Bilayer of Type B

Perfect Imagingere we consider a square-shaped bilayer of type B as il-

ustrated in Fig 9(a) Referring to the figure layer 1 andayer 2 are connected through the squarersquos diagonal with

length of Layer 2 is obtained by folding layer 1 lin-arly in the x1 direction Thus the material parameters ofhe bilayer should fulfill 1=minus2 and 1=minus2 To achieveero reflection region I should be perfectly matched withegion II [see Fig 3(a)] To find an appropriate back-round combination we may start with an EM spacehere regions I and II are both free space fulfilling the

mpedance matching condition Region II can be obtainedy a compression of region II For our example this can

minus05 0 05

minus050

05

x1 λ

x2 λ

minus4 minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus20minus100100

RegionII

(a)ig 8 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a line currenedded in region I (b) a PEC cylinder in the background with big 6 The PEC cylinder in (a) located at (r=3 ) has a raadius of 05 The bilayer and the PEC cylinder are outlined by

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2minus2

minus1

0

1

2

minus400

minus200

0

200

(b)(a)

ig 9 (Color online) (a) Illustration of a square-shaped com-ensated bilayer of type B (b) Electric field distribution for a lineurrent source J1=a13x1minus0313x2minus03x3 interacting with thequare-shaped compensated bilayer as in (a) The compensatedilayer has material parameters 1=1=1 and 2=2=minus10006i Region II has material parameters II=II= 5minus30320002 for the half part of x20 and II=II530320002 for the half part of x20 Region I is freepace The bilayer and region II are outlined by solid lines theource and the image are denoted by

one with transformation functions x1=12x1+3205

absx2 x2=x2 and x3=x3 In this way we obtain theaterial parameters of region II as II=II= 5minus30320002 for the half part of x20 and II=II530320002 for the half part of x20 In theimulation we take the bilayer material parameters as1=1=1 and 2=2=minus1+0006i A line current source iset to be J=a13x1minus0313x2minus03z The simulated elec-ric field distribution is plotted in Fig 9(b) It is observedhat the field transfers from boundary S1 to boundary S2early perfectly and an image is formed at boundary S2

Invariant Scatteringor this case we consider a compensated bilayer of type Bs illustrated in Fig 2(b) The inversion mapping functionx1 is a linear function with a negative slope of 1 Thehape of the bilayer is just a perfect clinder The materialarameters of the bilayer can be obtained from Eq (9)e 1=minus2 and 1=minus2 The invariant scattering can beemonstrated with two bilayers sharing the same geom-try One bilayer has a radius of 05 and has materialarameters 1=4 and 1=1 1=minus4+0006i and 1=minus10006i The other bilayer has the same geometry but hasifferent material parameters as 1=3 and 1=3 and 2minus3+0006i and 2=minus3+0006i Both bilayers are placed

n a free-space background When a plane wave is inci-ent from left infinity the field distributions for the twoilayers are as plotted in Figs 10(a) and 10(b) respec-ively By comparison it is observed that the field distri-utions in the free-space background are almost theame

CONCLUSIONSn this paper we have presented a comprehensive studyn generalized compensated bilayers based on transfor-ation optics The compensated bilayers are broadly di-

ided into two categories according to their geometricalroperties Both types of compensated bilayers can be ob-ained by making a folding-style coordinate transforma-ion based on a single material layer in the EM space Thewo outer boundaries of a compensated bilayer are bothapped from a single surface in the EM space Therefore

ompensated bilayers exhibit nihility an external ob-erver can feel the same fields as nonexistence of the bi-

x1 λ

x2 λ

minus4 minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus200minus1000100

minus05 0 05

minus050

05

RegionII

)ce located at the origin interacting with (a) a PEC cylinder em-b=1 The compensated bilayer has the same parameters as in

f 15 The PEC cylinder in (b) located at at (r= ) has alines

00

(bt sour

=9 anddius osolid

lscfpvccp

ATSC

R

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

Fwo+

B48 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

ayer This feature leads to the phenomenon of invariantcattering When the background is designed properly aompensated bilayer can transfer the EM field perfectlyrom one surface to the other without any scattering Thisroperty allows compensated bilayers to function as de-ices for achieving perfect imaging achieving invisibilityloaking and creating illusion optics Extensive numeri-al examples are presented to demonstrate the identifiedroperties and applications

CKNOWLEDGMENTShis work is supported by the Swedish Foundation fortrategic Research (SSF) and the Swedish Researchouncil (VR)

EFERENCES1 J B Pendry D Schurig and D R Smith ldquoControlling

electromagnetic fieldsrdquo Science 312 1780ndash1782 (2006)2 U Leonhardt ldquoOptical conformal mappingrdquo Science 312

1777ndash1780 (2006)3 U Leonhardt and T Tyc ldquoBroadband invisibility by non-

Euclidean cloakingrdquo Science 323 110ndash112 (2009)4 U Leonhardt and T G Philbin ldquoGeneral relativity in

electrical engineeringrdquo New J Phys 8 247 (2006)5 U Leonhardt and T G Philbin ldquoTransformation optics and

the geometry of lightrdquo httpwwwarXiv08054778v2[physics optics] 2008

6 M Yan W Yan and M Qiu ldquoInvisibility cloaking bycoordinate transformationrdquo in Progress in Optics Vol 52E Wolf ed (Elsevier 2008) Chap 4

7 D Schurig J J Mock B J Justice S A Cummer J BPendry A F Starr and D R Smith ldquoMetamaterialelectromagnetic cloak at microwave frequenciesrdquo Science314 977ndash980 (2006)

8 R Liu C Ji J J Mock J Y Chin T J Cui and D RSmith ldquoBroadband ground-plane cloakrdquo Science 323366ndash369 (2009)

9 J Valentine J Li T Zentgraf G Bartal and X ZhangldquoAn optical cloak made of dielectricsrdquo Nature Mater 8568ndash571 (2009)

0 L H Gabrielli J Cardenas C B Poitras and M LipsonldquoSilicon nanostructure cloak operating at opticalfrequenciesrdquo Nature Photon 3 461ndash463 (2009)

1 J H Lee J Blair V A Tamma Q Wu S J Rhee C JSummers and W Park ldquoDirect visualization of opticalfrequency invisibility cloak based on silicon nanorodarrayrdquo Opt Express 17 12922ndash12928 (2009)

2 I I Smolyaninov V N Smolyaninova A V Kildishev andV M Shalaev ldquoAnisotropic metamaterials emulated bytapered waveguides application to optical cloakingrdquo PhysRev Lett 102 213901 (2009)

x1λx2 λ

minus1 0 1

minus1

0

1 minus

0

3

(a)ig 10 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a plane wavhich has a radius of 05 and material parameters as 1=4 an

f type B which has the same geometry as in (a) but different m0006i The region outside the bilayer is free space The bilayer

3 Y G Ma C K Ong T Tyc and U Leonhardt ldquoAnomnidirectional retroreflector based on the transmutationof dielectric singularitiesrdquo Nature Mater 8 639ndash642(2009)

4 Z C Ruan M Yan C W Neff and M Qiu ldquoIdealcylindrical cloak perfect but sensitive to tinyperturbationsrdquo Phys Rev Lett 99 113903 (2007)

5 H S Chen B I Wu B L Zhang and J A KongldquoElectromagnetic wave interactions with a metamaterialcloakrdquo Phys Rev Lett 99 063903 (2007)

6 M Yan Z C Ruan and M Qiu ldquoCylindrical invisibilitycloak with simplified material parameters is inherentlyvisiblerdquo Appl Phys Lett 99 233901 (2007)

7 Y Lai H Y Chen Z Q Wang and C T ChanldquoComplementary media invisibility cloak that cloaksobjects at a distance outside the cloaking shellrdquo Phys RevLett 102 093901 (2009)

8 M Rahm S A Cummer D Schurig J B Pendry and DR Smith ldquoOptical design of reflectionless complex mediaby finite embedded coordinate transformationsrdquo Phys RevLett 100 063903 (2008)

9 H Y Chen and C T Chan ldquoTransformation media thatrotate electromagnetic fieldsrdquo Appl Phys Lett 90 241105(2007)

0 A Greenleaf Y Kurylev M Lassas and G UhlmannldquoElectromagnetic wormholes and virtual magneticmonopoles from metamaterialsrdquo Phys Rev Lett 99183901 (2007)

1 T Tyc and U Leonhardt ldquoTransmutation of singularities inoptical instrumentsrdquo New J Phys 10 115038 (2008)

2 A V Kildishev and V M Shalaev ldquoEngineering space forlight via transformation opticsrdquo Opt Lett 33 43ndash45(2008)

3 W Yan M Yan and M Qiu ldquoAchieving perfect imagingbeyond passive and active obstacles by a transformedbilayer lensrdquo Phys Rev B 79 161101 (2008)

4 M Yan W Yan and M Qiu ldquoCylindrical superlens by acoordinate transformationrdquo Phys Rev B 78 125113 (2008)

5 T Yang H Y Chen X D Luo and H R MaldquoSuperscatterer Enhancement of scattering withcomplementary mediardquo Opt Express 16 18545ndash18550(2008)

6 Y Luo J J Zhang H S Chen B I Wu L X Ran and JA Kong ldquoWave and ray analysis of a type of cloakexhibiting magnified and shifted scattering effectrdquo httpwwwarXiv09041463 [physics optics] 2009

7 Y Lai J Ng H Y Chen D Z Han J J Xiao Z Q Wangand C T Chan ldquoIllusion optics the optical transformationof an object into another objectrdquo Phys Rev Lett 102253902 (2009)

8 R A Shelby D R Smith and S Schultz ldquoExperimentalverification of a negative index of refractionrdquo Science 29277ndash79 (2001)

9 D R Smith J B Pendry and M C K WiltshireldquoMetamaterials and negative refractive indexrdquo Science305 788ndash792 (2004)

0 J Valentine S Zhang T Zentgraf E Ulin-Avila D A

x1λ

minus1 0 1

minus1

0

1 minus3

0

3

)left infinity interacting with (a) a cylindrical bilayer of type Band 2=minus4+0006i and 2=minus1+0006i (b) a cylindrical bilayerl parameters as 1=3 and 1=3 and 2=minus3+0006i and 2=minus3lined by solid lines

3

2

(be from

d 1=1ateriais out

3

3

3

3

3

3

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B49

Genov G Bartal and X Zhang ldquoThree-dimensional opticalmetamaterial with a negative refractive indexrdquo Nature455 376ndash379 (2008)

1 J Yao Z W Liu Y M Liu Y Wang C Sun G Bartal AM Stacy and X Zhang ldquoOptical negative refraction inbulk metamaterials of nanowiresrdquo Science 321 930 (2008)

2 J B Pendry and S A Ramakrishna ldquoFocusing light usingnegative refractionrdquo J Phys Condens Matter 15

6345ndash6364 (2003)

3 A Lakhtakia ldquoOn perfect lenses and nihilityrdquo Int JInfrared Millim Waves 23 339ndash343 (2002)

4 J B Pendry ldquoNegative refraction makes a perfect lensrdquoPhys Rev Lett 85 3966ndash3969 (2000)

5 D R Smith and S Schurig ldquoElectromagnetic wavepropagation in media with indefinite permittivity andpermeability tensorsrdquo Phys Rev Lett 90 077405 (2003)

6 J B Pendry ldquoPerfect cylindrical lensesrdquo Opt Express 11

750ndash760 (2003)

iog=pswa8t

C

1Hllaetzrgwib

dminusmminus=s

sttn

2Fahspidep+d=idbtbs

6Iomvptttmcs

FbFr

Fpcsb+minus=ss

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B47

ng PEC cylinder changes to a smaller size with a radiusf 05 and is located at (r= ) The free-space back-round in region I changes to a medium with I=Idiag119 which is as the same as in region II For TEolarization the material parameters reduce to I=9 and

I=1 Thus an observer in region II will feel a shrunkcatterer in a medium with b=9 and b=1 To verify thise simulate the interaction of the same source with suchshrunk scatterer placed in a background with b=9 andb=1 The resulted field distribution is plotted in Fig(b) Comparing Figs 8(a) and 8(b) one can notice almosthe same field distributions as in region II

Compensated Bilayer of Type B

Perfect Imagingere we consider a square-shaped bilayer of type B as il-

ustrated in Fig 9(a) Referring to the figure layer 1 andayer 2 are connected through the squarersquos diagonal with

length of Layer 2 is obtained by folding layer 1 lin-arly in the x1 direction Thus the material parameters ofhe bilayer should fulfill 1=minus2 and 1=minus2 To achieveero reflection region I should be perfectly matched withegion II [see Fig 3(a)] To find an appropriate back-round combination we may start with an EM spacehere regions I and II are both free space fulfilling the

mpedance matching condition Region II can be obtainedy a compression of region II For our example this can

minus05 0 05

minus050

05

x1 λ

x2 λ

minus4 minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus20minus100100

RegionII

(a)ig 8 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a line currenedded in region I (b) a PEC cylinder in the background with big 6 The PEC cylinder in (a) located at (r=3 ) has a raadius of 05 The bilayer and the PEC cylinder are outlined by

x1λ

x2 λ

minus2 0 2minus2

minus1

0

1

2

minus400

minus200

0

200

(b)(a)

ig 9 (Color online) (a) Illustration of a square-shaped com-ensated bilayer of type B (b) Electric field distribution for a lineurrent source J1=a13x1minus0313x2minus03x3 interacting with thequare-shaped compensated bilayer as in (a) The compensatedilayer has material parameters 1=1=1 and 2=2=minus10006i Region II has material parameters II=II= 5minus30320002 for the half part of x20 and II=II530320002 for the half part of x20 Region I is freepace The bilayer and region II are outlined by solid lines theource and the image are denoted by

one with transformation functions x1=12x1+3205

absx2 x2=x2 and x3=x3 In this way we obtain theaterial parameters of region II as II=II= 5minus30320002 for the half part of x20 and II=II530320002 for the half part of x20 In theimulation we take the bilayer material parameters as1=1=1 and 2=2=minus1+0006i A line current source iset to be J=a13x1minus0313x2minus03z The simulated elec-ric field distribution is plotted in Fig 9(b) It is observedhat the field transfers from boundary S1 to boundary S2early perfectly and an image is formed at boundary S2

Invariant Scatteringor this case we consider a compensated bilayer of type Bs illustrated in Fig 2(b) The inversion mapping functionx1 is a linear function with a negative slope of 1 Thehape of the bilayer is just a perfect clinder The materialarameters of the bilayer can be obtained from Eq (9)e 1=minus2 and 1=minus2 The invariant scattering can beemonstrated with two bilayers sharing the same geom-try One bilayer has a radius of 05 and has materialarameters 1=4 and 1=1 1=minus4+0006i and 1=minus10006i The other bilayer has the same geometry but hasifferent material parameters as 1=3 and 1=3 and 2minus3+0006i and 2=minus3+0006i Both bilayers are placed

n a free-space background When a plane wave is inci-ent from left infinity the field distributions for the twoilayers are as plotted in Figs 10(a) and 10(b) respec-ively By comparison it is observed that the field distri-utions in the free-space background are almost theame

CONCLUSIONSn this paper we have presented a comprehensive studyn generalized compensated bilayers based on transfor-ation optics The compensated bilayers are broadly di-

ided into two categories according to their geometricalroperties Both types of compensated bilayers can be ob-ained by making a folding-style coordinate transforma-ion based on a single material layer in the EM space Thewo outer boundaries of a compensated bilayer are bothapped from a single surface in the EM space Therefore

ompensated bilayers exhibit nihility an external ob-erver can feel the same fields as nonexistence of the bi-

x1 λ

x2 λ

minus4 minus2 0 2

minus2

0

2minus200minus1000100

minus05 0 05

minus050

05

RegionII

)ce located at the origin interacting with (a) a PEC cylinder em-b=1 The compensated bilayer has the same parameters as in

f 15 The PEC cylinder in (b) located at at (r= ) has alines

00

(bt sour

=9 anddius osolid

lscfpvccp

ATSC

R

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

Fwo+

B48 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

ayer This feature leads to the phenomenon of invariantcattering When the background is designed properly aompensated bilayer can transfer the EM field perfectlyrom one surface to the other without any scattering Thisroperty allows compensated bilayers to function as de-ices for achieving perfect imaging achieving invisibilityloaking and creating illusion optics Extensive numeri-al examples are presented to demonstrate the identifiedroperties and applications

CKNOWLEDGMENTShis work is supported by the Swedish Foundation fortrategic Research (SSF) and the Swedish Researchouncil (VR)

EFERENCES1 J B Pendry D Schurig and D R Smith ldquoControlling

electromagnetic fieldsrdquo Science 312 1780ndash1782 (2006)2 U Leonhardt ldquoOptical conformal mappingrdquo Science 312

1777ndash1780 (2006)3 U Leonhardt and T Tyc ldquoBroadband invisibility by non-

Euclidean cloakingrdquo Science 323 110ndash112 (2009)4 U Leonhardt and T G Philbin ldquoGeneral relativity in

electrical engineeringrdquo New J Phys 8 247 (2006)5 U Leonhardt and T G Philbin ldquoTransformation optics and

the geometry of lightrdquo httpwwwarXiv08054778v2[physics optics] 2008

6 M Yan W Yan and M Qiu ldquoInvisibility cloaking bycoordinate transformationrdquo in Progress in Optics Vol 52E Wolf ed (Elsevier 2008) Chap 4

7 D Schurig J J Mock B J Justice S A Cummer J BPendry A F Starr and D R Smith ldquoMetamaterialelectromagnetic cloak at microwave frequenciesrdquo Science314 977ndash980 (2006)

8 R Liu C Ji J J Mock J Y Chin T J Cui and D RSmith ldquoBroadband ground-plane cloakrdquo Science 323366ndash369 (2009)

9 J Valentine J Li T Zentgraf G Bartal and X ZhangldquoAn optical cloak made of dielectricsrdquo Nature Mater 8568ndash571 (2009)

0 L H Gabrielli J Cardenas C B Poitras and M LipsonldquoSilicon nanostructure cloak operating at opticalfrequenciesrdquo Nature Photon 3 461ndash463 (2009)

1 J H Lee J Blair V A Tamma Q Wu S J Rhee C JSummers and W Park ldquoDirect visualization of opticalfrequency invisibility cloak based on silicon nanorodarrayrdquo Opt Express 17 12922ndash12928 (2009)

2 I I Smolyaninov V N Smolyaninova A V Kildishev andV M Shalaev ldquoAnisotropic metamaterials emulated bytapered waveguides application to optical cloakingrdquo PhysRev Lett 102 213901 (2009)

x1λx2 λ

minus1 0 1

minus1

0

1 minus

0

3

(a)ig 10 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a plane wavhich has a radius of 05 and material parameters as 1=4 an

f type B which has the same geometry as in (a) but different m0006i The region outside the bilayer is free space The bilayer

3 Y G Ma C K Ong T Tyc and U Leonhardt ldquoAnomnidirectional retroreflector based on the transmutationof dielectric singularitiesrdquo Nature Mater 8 639ndash642(2009)

4 Z C Ruan M Yan C W Neff and M Qiu ldquoIdealcylindrical cloak perfect but sensitive to tinyperturbationsrdquo Phys Rev Lett 99 113903 (2007)

5 H S Chen B I Wu B L Zhang and J A KongldquoElectromagnetic wave interactions with a metamaterialcloakrdquo Phys Rev Lett 99 063903 (2007)

6 M Yan Z C Ruan and M Qiu ldquoCylindrical invisibilitycloak with simplified material parameters is inherentlyvisiblerdquo Appl Phys Lett 99 233901 (2007)

7 Y Lai H Y Chen Z Q Wang and C T ChanldquoComplementary media invisibility cloak that cloaksobjects at a distance outside the cloaking shellrdquo Phys RevLett 102 093901 (2009)

8 M Rahm S A Cummer D Schurig J B Pendry and DR Smith ldquoOptical design of reflectionless complex mediaby finite embedded coordinate transformationsrdquo Phys RevLett 100 063903 (2008)

9 H Y Chen and C T Chan ldquoTransformation media thatrotate electromagnetic fieldsrdquo Appl Phys Lett 90 241105(2007)

0 A Greenleaf Y Kurylev M Lassas and G UhlmannldquoElectromagnetic wormholes and virtual magneticmonopoles from metamaterialsrdquo Phys Rev Lett 99183901 (2007)

1 T Tyc and U Leonhardt ldquoTransmutation of singularities inoptical instrumentsrdquo New J Phys 10 115038 (2008)

2 A V Kildishev and V M Shalaev ldquoEngineering space forlight via transformation opticsrdquo Opt Lett 33 43ndash45(2008)

3 W Yan M Yan and M Qiu ldquoAchieving perfect imagingbeyond passive and active obstacles by a transformedbilayer lensrdquo Phys Rev B 79 161101 (2008)

4 M Yan W Yan and M Qiu ldquoCylindrical superlens by acoordinate transformationrdquo Phys Rev B 78 125113 (2008)

5 T Yang H Y Chen X D Luo and H R MaldquoSuperscatterer Enhancement of scattering withcomplementary mediardquo Opt Express 16 18545ndash18550(2008)

6 Y Luo J J Zhang H S Chen B I Wu L X Ran and JA Kong ldquoWave and ray analysis of a type of cloakexhibiting magnified and shifted scattering effectrdquo httpwwwarXiv09041463 [physics optics] 2009

7 Y Lai J Ng H Y Chen D Z Han J J Xiao Z Q Wangand C T Chan ldquoIllusion optics the optical transformationof an object into another objectrdquo Phys Rev Lett 102253902 (2009)

8 R A Shelby D R Smith and S Schultz ldquoExperimentalverification of a negative index of refractionrdquo Science 29277ndash79 (2001)

9 D R Smith J B Pendry and M C K WiltshireldquoMetamaterials and negative refractive indexrdquo Science305 788ndash792 (2004)

0 J Valentine S Zhang T Zentgraf E Ulin-Avila D A

x1λ

minus1 0 1

minus1

0

1 minus3

0

3

)left infinity interacting with (a) a cylindrical bilayer of type Band 2=minus4+0006i and 2=minus1+0006i (b) a cylindrical bilayerl parameters as 1=3 and 1=3 and 2=minus3+0006i and 2=minus3lined by solid lines

3

2

(be from

d 1=1ateriais out

3

3

3

3

3

3

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B49

Genov G Bartal and X Zhang ldquoThree-dimensional opticalmetamaterial with a negative refractive indexrdquo Nature455 376ndash379 (2008)

1 J Yao Z W Liu Y M Liu Y Wang C Sun G Bartal AM Stacy and X Zhang ldquoOptical negative refraction inbulk metamaterials of nanowiresrdquo Science 321 930 (2008)

2 J B Pendry and S A Ramakrishna ldquoFocusing light usingnegative refractionrdquo J Phys Condens Matter 15

6345ndash6364 (2003)

3 A Lakhtakia ldquoOn perfect lenses and nihilityrdquo Int JInfrared Millim Waves 23 339ndash343 (2002)

4 J B Pendry ldquoNegative refraction makes a perfect lensrdquoPhys Rev Lett 85 3966ndash3969 (2000)

5 D R Smith and S Schurig ldquoElectromagnetic wavepropagation in media with indefinite permittivity andpermeability tensorsrdquo Phys Rev Lett 90 077405 (2003)

6 J B Pendry ldquoPerfect cylindrical lensesrdquo Opt Express 11

750ndash760 (2003)

lscfpvccp

ATSC

R

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

Fwo+

B48 J Opt Soc Am BVol 26 No 12 December 2009 Yan et al

ayer This feature leads to the phenomenon of invariantcattering When the background is designed properly aompensated bilayer can transfer the EM field perfectlyrom one surface to the other without any scattering Thisroperty allows compensated bilayers to function as de-ices for achieving perfect imaging achieving invisibilityloaking and creating illusion optics Extensive numeri-al examples are presented to demonstrate the identifiedroperties and applications

CKNOWLEDGMENTShis work is supported by the Swedish Foundation fortrategic Research (SSF) and the Swedish Researchouncil (VR)

EFERENCES1 J B Pendry D Schurig and D R Smith ldquoControlling

electromagnetic fieldsrdquo Science 312 1780ndash1782 (2006)2 U Leonhardt ldquoOptical conformal mappingrdquo Science 312

1777ndash1780 (2006)3 U Leonhardt and T Tyc ldquoBroadband invisibility by non-

Euclidean cloakingrdquo Science 323 110ndash112 (2009)4 U Leonhardt and T G Philbin ldquoGeneral relativity in

electrical engineeringrdquo New J Phys 8 247 (2006)5 U Leonhardt and T G Philbin ldquoTransformation optics and

the geometry of lightrdquo httpwwwarXiv08054778v2[physics optics] 2008

6 M Yan W Yan and M Qiu ldquoInvisibility cloaking bycoordinate transformationrdquo in Progress in Optics Vol 52E Wolf ed (Elsevier 2008) Chap 4

7 D Schurig J J Mock B J Justice S A Cummer J BPendry A F Starr and D R Smith ldquoMetamaterialelectromagnetic cloak at microwave frequenciesrdquo Science314 977ndash980 (2006)

8 R Liu C Ji J J Mock J Y Chin T J Cui and D RSmith ldquoBroadband ground-plane cloakrdquo Science 323366ndash369 (2009)

9 J Valentine J Li T Zentgraf G Bartal and X ZhangldquoAn optical cloak made of dielectricsrdquo Nature Mater 8568ndash571 (2009)

0 L H Gabrielli J Cardenas C B Poitras and M LipsonldquoSilicon nanostructure cloak operating at opticalfrequenciesrdquo Nature Photon 3 461ndash463 (2009)

1 J H Lee J Blair V A Tamma Q Wu S J Rhee C JSummers and W Park ldquoDirect visualization of opticalfrequency invisibility cloak based on silicon nanorodarrayrdquo Opt Express 17 12922ndash12928 (2009)

2 I I Smolyaninov V N Smolyaninova A V Kildishev andV M Shalaev ldquoAnisotropic metamaterials emulated bytapered waveguides application to optical cloakingrdquo PhysRev Lett 102 213901 (2009)

x1λx2 λ

minus1 0 1

minus1

0

1 minus

0

3

(a)ig 10 (Color online) Electric field distribution for a plane wavhich has a radius of 05 and material parameters as 1=4 an

f type B which has the same geometry as in (a) but different m0006i The region outside the bilayer is free space The bilayer

3 Y G Ma C K Ong T Tyc and U Leonhardt ldquoAnomnidirectional retroreflector based on the transmutationof dielectric singularitiesrdquo Nature Mater 8 639ndash642(2009)

4 Z C Ruan M Yan C W Neff and M Qiu ldquoIdealcylindrical cloak perfect but sensitive to tinyperturbationsrdquo Phys Rev Lett 99 113903 (2007)

5 H S Chen B I Wu B L Zhang and J A KongldquoElectromagnetic wave interactions with a metamaterialcloakrdquo Phys Rev Lett 99 063903 (2007)

6 M Yan Z C Ruan and M Qiu ldquoCylindrical invisibilitycloak with simplified material parameters is inherentlyvisiblerdquo Appl Phys Lett 99 233901 (2007)

7 Y Lai H Y Chen Z Q Wang and C T ChanldquoComplementary media invisibility cloak that cloaksobjects at a distance outside the cloaking shellrdquo Phys RevLett 102 093901 (2009)

8 M Rahm S A Cummer D Schurig J B Pendry and DR Smith ldquoOptical design of reflectionless complex mediaby finite embedded coordinate transformationsrdquo Phys RevLett 100 063903 (2008)

9 H Y Chen and C T Chan ldquoTransformation media thatrotate electromagnetic fieldsrdquo Appl Phys Lett 90 241105(2007)

0 A Greenleaf Y Kurylev M Lassas and G UhlmannldquoElectromagnetic wormholes and virtual magneticmonopoles from metamaterialsrdquo Phys Rev Lett 99183901 (2007)

1 T Tyc and U Leonhardt ldquoTransmutation of singularities inoptical instrumentsrdquo New J Phys 10 115038 (2008)

2 A V Kildishev and V M Shalaev ldquoEngineering space forlight via transformation opticsrdquo Opt Lett 33 43ndash45(2008)

3 W Yan M Yan and M Qiu ldquoAchieving perfect imagingbeyond passive and active obstacles by a transformedbilayer lensrdquo Phys Rev B 79 161101 (2008)

4 M Yan W Yan and M Qiu ldquoCylindrical superlens by acoordinate transformationrdquo Phys Rev B 78 125113 (2008)

5 T Yang H Y Chen X D Luo and H R MaldquoSuperscatterer Enhancement of scattering withcomplementary mediardquo Opt Express 16 18545ndash18550(2008)

6 Y Luo J J Zhang H S Chen B I Wu L X Ran and JA Kong ldquoWave and ray analysis of a type of cloakexhibiting magnified and shifted scattering effectrdquo httpwwwarXiv09041463 [physics optics] 2009

7 Y Lai J Ng H Y Chen D Z Han J J Xiao Z Q Wangand C T Chan ldquoIllusion optics the optical transformationof an object into another objectrdquo Phys Rev Lett 102253902 (2009)

8 R A Shelby D R Smith and S Schultz ldquoExperimentalverification of a negative index of refractionrdquo Science 29277ndash79 (2001)

9 D R Smith J B Pendry and M C K WiltshireldquoMetamaterials and negative refractive indexrdquo Science305 788ndash792 (2004)

0 J Valentine S Zhang T Zentgraf E Ulin-Avila D A

x1λ

minus1 0 1

minus1

0

1 minus3

0

3

)left infinity interacting with (a) a cylindrical bilayer of type Band 2=minus4+0006i and 2=minus1+0006i (b) a cylindrical bilayerl parameters as 1=3 and 1=3 and 2=minus3+0006i and 2=minus3lined by solid lines

3

2

(be from

d 1=1ateriais out

3

3

3

3

3

3

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B49

Genov G Bartal and X Zhang ldquoThree-dimensional opticalmetamaterial with a negative refractive indexrdquo Nature455 376ndash379 (2008)

1 J Yao Z W Liu Y M Liu Y Wang C Sun G Bartal AM Stacy and X Zhang ldquoOptical negative refraction inbulk metamaterials of nanowiresrdquo Science 321 930 (2008)

2 J B Pendry and S A Ramakrishna ldquoFocusing light usingnegative refractionrdquo J Phys Condens Matter 15

6345ndash6364 (2003)

3 A Lakhtakia ldquoOn perfect lenses and nihilityrdquo Int JInfrared Millim Waves 23 339ndash343 (2002)

4 J B Pendry ldquoNegative refraction makes a perfect lensrdquoPhys Rev Lett 85 3966ndash3969 (2000)

5 D R Smith and S Schurig ldquoElectromagnetic wavepropagation in media with indefinite permittivity andpermeability tensorsrdquo Phys Rev Lett 90 077405 (2003)

6 J B Pendry ldquoPerfect cylindrical lensesrdquo Opt Express 11

750ndash760 (2003)

3

3

3

3

3

3

Yan et al Vol 26 No 12 December 2009 J Opt Soc Am B B49

Genov G Bartal and X Zhang ldquoThree-dimensional opticalmetamaterial with a negative refractive indexrdquo Nature455 376ndash379 (2008)

1 J Yao Z W Liu Y M Liu Y Wang C Sun G Bartal AM Stacy and X Zhang ldquoOptical negative refraction inbulk metamaterials of nanowiresrdquo Science 321 930 (2008)

2 J B Pendry and S A Ramakrishna ldquoFocusing light usingnegative refractionrdquo J Phys Condens Matter 15

6345ndash6364 (2003)

3 A Lakhtakia ldquoOn perfect lenses and nihilityrdquo Int JInfrared Millim Waves 23 339ndash343 (2002)

4 J B Pendry ldquoNegative refraction makes a perfect lensrdquoPhys Rev Lett 85 3966ndash3969 (2000)

5 D R Smith and S Schurig ldquoElectromagnetic wavepropagation in media with indefinite permittivity andpermeability tensorsrdquo Phys Rev Lett 90 077405 (2003)

6 J B Pendry ldquoPerfect cylindrical lensesrdquo Opt Express 11

750ndash760 (2003)


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