News tagged with optical transformation

New 'thermal' approach to invisibility cloaking hides heat to enhance technology

In a new approach to invisibility cloaking, a team of French researchers has proposed isolating or cloaking objects from sources of heat—essentially "thermal cloaking." This method, which the researchers ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists create first free-standing 3-D cloak

Researchers in the US have, for the first time, cloaked a three-dimensional object standing in free space, bringing the much-talked-about invisibility cloak one step closer to reality.

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Anti-mirror optical illusion could increase LED luminosity and laser power

(PhysOrg.com) -- By making multiple objects appear to look like only one using a "perfect lens," scientists have demonstrated a new optical illusion that could have practical applications in lighting systems. ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (20) | comments 7 | with audio podcast feature

Invisibility cloak that generates virtual images gets closer to realization

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a twist on the concept of an invisibility cloak, researchers have designed a material that not only makes an object invisible, but also generates one or more virtual images in its place. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 02, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (31) | comments 6 | with audio podcast feature

Transform a ball into a rock -- or make it invisible -- using transformation optics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Science fiction and fantasy tales are full of the ability to "cloak" characters with invisibility. Whether it is a spaceship with a cloaking device, or a young wizard with an invisibility ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (13) | comments 7 feature