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    • Physics
    • Metamaterials
    • Wave Phenomena

    Background:

    • Controlling electromagnetic and acoustic waves simultaneously presents significant challenges in physics and engineering.
    • Existing methods often require complex structures or specialized materials, limiting practical applications.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To design a multi-physics null medium capable of acting as a perfect endoscope for both electromagnetic and acoustic waves.
    • To introduce a novel graphical method, surface transformation multi-physics, for designing multi-physics devices.
    • To demonstrate the simultaneous control of electromagnetic and acoustic waves.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing transformation optics to design the multi-physics null medium.
    • Employing surface transformation multi-physics, a graphical design approach based on the directional projecting feature of the null medium.
    • Designing various multi-physics devices, including beam shifters, scattering reduction, imaging, and beam steering devices.
    • Approximating the null medium using a brass plate array without sub-wavelength structures.

    Main Results:

    • A multi-physics null medium was successfully designed, functioning as a perfect endoscope for both electromagnetic and acoustic waves.
    • Surface transformation multi-physics proved effective for designing multiple multi-physics devices in a surface-corresponding manner.
    • The designed devices, implemented with a brass plate array, showed promising performance verified by numerical simulations.

    Conclusions:

    • The development of a multi-physics null medium by transformation optics provides a new paradigm for simultaneous electromagnetic and acoustic wave control.
    • Surface transformation multi-physics offers a simplified and versatile approach to designing complex multi-physics devices.
    • The practical implementation using a brass plate array demonstrates the feasibility of realizing these advanced optical and acoustic devices without intricate artificial structures.