Practical limitations of an invisibility cloak

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 97, Issue , 2009, Pages 407-416

  Zhang, B L ^a   Chen, H S ^b   Wu, B I ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; RADIATION;

CONCEALED OBJECTS; DISCRETIZATIONS; LOSS TANGENT; LOSSLESS; NUMBER OF LAYERS;

INVISIBILITY CLOAKS;

EID: 70350638871     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09100704     Document Type: Article

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