Far-field analysis of axially symmetric three-dimensional directional cloaks.

Abstract

Axisymmetric radiating and scattering structures whose rotational invariance is broken by non-axisymmetric excitations present an important class of problems in electromagnetics. For such problems, a cylindrical wave decomposition formalism can be used to efficiently obtain numerical solutions to the full-wave frequency-domain problem. Often, the far-field, or Fraunhofer region is of particular interest in scattering cross-section and radiation pattern calculations; yet, it is usually impractical to compute full-wave solutions for this region. Here, we propose a generalization of the Stratton-Chu far-field integral adapted for 2.5D formalism. The integration over a closed, axially symmetric surface is analytically reduced to a line integral on a meridional plane. We benchmark this computational technique by comparing it with analytical Mie solutions for a plasmonic nanoparticle, and apply it to the design of a three-dimensional polarization-insensitive cloak.

DOI
10.1364/oe.21.009397
Year
Chicago Citation
Ciracì, Cristian, Yaroslav Urzhumov, and David R. Smith. “Far-field analysis of axially symmetric three-dimensional directional cloaks.” Optics Express 21, no. 8 (April 2013): 9397–9406. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.21.009397.