title: Panoramic lens designed with transformation optics.
abstract: The panoramic lens is a special kind of lens, which is applied to observe full view. In this letter, we theoretically present a panoramic lens (PL) using transformation optics method. The lens is designed with inhomogeneous and anisotropic constitutive parameters, which has the ability to gather light from all directions and confine light within the visual angle of observer. Simulation results validate our theoretical design.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Marine Electronics Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
authors.forename: Huaping
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Marine Electronics Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
authors.forename: Yangyang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Rujiang
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Yuyu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Shahram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dehdashti
authors.affiliation: Institute of Marine Electronics Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
authors.forename: Zhiwei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Hongsheng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen