Flat focusing lens designs having minimized reflection based on coordinate transformation techniques
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Published on: August 17, 2011
Do-Hoon Kwon1, Douglas H Werner
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
Abstract:
Two-dimensional far-zone focusing lenses are designed using the coordinate transformation approach that feature minimized reflections from the lens boundaries. A flat lens of trapezoidal cross section completely converts incident waves with cylindrical wavefronts into transmitted waves with planar wavefronts. A rectangular lens with reduced non-magnetic material parameters that incorporates a nonlinear coordinate transformation features a significantly reduced amount of reflections compared with the non-magnetic lens based on a linear transformation. The improved reflection performance of each new lens design is verified using a full-wave finite-element analysis and compared with previously reported transformation optical lenses.
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