Morphing for faster computations in transformation optics.
We propose to use morphing algorithms to deduce some approximate wave pictures of scattering by cylindrical invisibility cloaks of various shapes deduced from the exact computation (e.g. using a finite element method) of scattering by cloaks of two given shapes, say circular and elliptic ones, thereafter called the source and destination images. The error in L(2) norm between the exact and approximate solutions deduced via morphing from the source and destination images is typically less than 2 percent if control points are judiciously chosen. Our approach works equally well for rotators and concentrators, and also unveils some device which we call rotacon since it both rotates and concentrates electromagnetic fields. However, it breaks down for superscatterers (deduced from non-monotonic transforms): the error in L(2) norm is about 25 percent. We stress that our approach might greatly accelerate numerical studies of 2D and 3D cloaks.
Ronald
R
Aznavourian
Sébastien
S
Guenneau
D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D012031:Refractometry / Q000379:methods*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation