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Scattering And Absorption of Light in Planetary Regoliths
Published on: July 1, 2019
Superscatterer: enhancement of scattering with complementary media
Tao Yang1, Huanyang Chen, Xudong Luo
1Institute of Theoretical Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. .
Abstract:
Based on the concept of complementary media, we propose a novel design which can enhance the electromagnetic wave scattering cross section of an object so that it looks like a scatterer bigger than the scale of the device. Such a "superscatterer" is realized by coating a negative refractive material shell on a perfect electrical conductor cylinder. The scattering field is analytically obtained by Mie scattering theory, and confirmed by full-wave simulations numerically. Such a device can be regarded as a cylindrical concave mirror for all angles.
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