Simple, broadband, optical spatial cloaking of very large objects
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We demonstrate three simple cloaking devices that can hide very large spatial objects over the entire visible spectrum using only passive, off-the-shelf optics. The cloaked region for all of the devices exceeds 10 mm with the largest exceeding 10 mm. Although uni-directional, these cloaks can hide the cloaked object, even if the object is transversely or self-illuminated. Owing to the small usable solid angle, but simple scaling, these cloaks may be of value in hiding small field-of-view objects such as midto high-earth orbit satellites.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013