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arxiv: 1705.00500 · v1 · pith:LT47EYLKnew · submitted 2017-05-01 · ⚛️ physics.optics · math-ph· math.MP· quant-ph

Perfect Broadband Invisibility in Isotropic Media with Gain and Loss

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We outline a method for constructing effectively two-dimensional isotropic optical media that are perfectly and omnidirectionally invisible for both TE and TM waves provided that their wavenumber does not exceed a preassigned value $\alpha$. This relies on the observation that a complex scattering potential $v(x,y)$ displays perfect invisibility for wavenumbers $k\leq\alpha$ provided that its Fourier transform with respect to $y$, which we denote by $\tilde v(x,\mathfrak{K}_y)$, vanishes for $\mathfrak{K}_y\leq 2\alpha$. We use this result to construct the permittivity profile for a realistic optical slab that is perfectly invisible in the wavenumber window $[0,\alpha]$.

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