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Finite-Element Analysis of Three-Dimensional Axisymmetrical Invisibility Cloaks and Other Metamaterial Devices

Yong Bo Zhai, Xue Wei Ping, Wei Xiang Jiang & Tie Jun Cui

Commun. Comput. Phys., 8 (2010), pp. 823-834.

Published online: 2010-08

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Accurate simulations of metamaterial devices are very important in the analysis of their electromagnetic properties. However, it is very difficult to make full-wave simulations of three-dimensional (3D) metamaterial devices due to the huge memory requirements and long computing time. In this paper, we present an efficient finite-element method (FEM) to analyze 3D axisymmetric electromagnetic devices designed by the transformation-optics approach, such as invisibility cloaks and concentrators. In the proposed method, we use the edge-based vector basis functions to expand the transverse field components, and the node-based scalar basis functions to expand the angular component. The FEM mesh is truncated with a cylindrical perfectly matched layer. We have applied the method to investigate the scattering from spherical and ellipsoidal invisibility cloaks and circularly cylindrical concentrators, in which the permittivity and permeability are both inhomogeneous and anisotropic. Numerical results are presented to show the validity and efficiency of the method.

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@Article{CiCP-8-823, author = {Yong Bo Zhai, Xue Wei Ping, Wei Xiang Jiang and Tie Jun Cui}, title = {Finite-Element Analysis of Three-Dimensional Axisymmetrical Invisibility Cloaks and Other Metamaterial Devices}, journal = {Communications in Computational Physics}, year = {2010}, volume = {8}, number = {4}, pages = {823--834}, abstract = {

Accurate simulations of metamaterial devices are very important in the analysis of their electromagnetic properties. However, it is very difficult to make full-wave simulations of three-dimensional (3D) metamaterial devices due to the huge memory requirements and long computing time. In this paper, we present an efficient finite-element method (FEM) to analyze 3D axisymmetric electromagnetic devices designed by the transformation-optics approach, such as invisibility cloaks and concentrators. In the proposed method, we use the edge-based vector basis functions to expand the transverse field components, and the node-based scalar basis functions to expand the angular component. The FEM mesh is truncated with a cylindrical perfectly matched layer. We have applied the method to investigate the scattering from spherical and ellipsoidal invisibility cloaks and circularly cylindrical concentrators, in which the permittivity and permeability are both inhomogeneous and anisotropic. Numerical results are presented to show the validity and efficiency of the method.

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TY - JOUR T1 - Finite-Element Analysis of Three-Dimensional Axisymmetrical Invisibility Cloaks and Other Metamaterial Devices AU - Yong Bo Zhai, Xue Wei Ping, Wei Xiang Jiang & Tie Jun Cui JO - Communications in Computational Physics VL - 4 SP - 823 EP - 834 PY - 2010 DA - 2010/08 SN - 8 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.091009.080210a UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/7596.html KW - AB -

Accurate simulations of metamaterial devices are very important in the analysis of their electromagnetic properties. However, it is very difficult to make full-wave simulations of three-dimensional (3D) metamaterial devices due to the huge memory requirements and long computing time. In this paper, we present an efficient finite-element method (FEM) to analyze 3D axisymmetric electromagnetic devices designed by the transformation-optics approach, such as invisibility cloaks and concentrators. In the proposed method, we use the edge-based vector basis functions to expand the transverse field components, and the node-based scalar basis functions to expand the angular component. The FEM mesh is truncated with a cylindrical perfectly matched layer. We have applied the method to investigate the scattering from spherical and ellipsoidal invisibility cloaks and circularly cylindrical concentrators, in which the permittivity and permeability are both inhomogeneous and anisotropic. Numerical results are presented to show the validity and efficiency of the method.

Yong Bo Zhai, Xue Wei Ping, Wei Xiang Jiang and Tie Jun Cui. (2010). Finite-Element Analysis of Three-Dimensional Axisymmetrical Invisibility Cloaks and Other Metamaterial Devices. Communications in Computational Physics. 8 (4). 823-834. doi:10.4208/cicp.091009.080210a
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