Transformation method provides an efficient way to control wave propagation by materials.The transformed relations for field and material during a transformation are essential to fulfill this method.We propose a syste...Transformation method provides an efficient way to control wave propagation by materials.The transformed relations for field and material during a transformation are essential to fulfill this method.We propose a systematic method to derive the transformed relations for a general physic process,the constraint conditions are obtained by considering geometrical and physical constraint during a mapping. The proposed method is applied to Navier's equation for elastodynamics,Helmholtz's equation for acoustic wave and Maxwell's equation for electromagnetic wave,the corresponding transformed relations are derived,which can be used in the framework of transformation method for wave control.We show that contrary to electromagnetic wave,the transformed relations are not uniquely determined for elastic wave and acoustic wave,so we have a freedom to choose them differently.Using the obtained transformed relations,we also provide some examples for device design,a concentrator for elastic wave,devices for illusion acoustic and illusion optics are conceived and validated by numerical simulations.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(10832002)the National Basic Research Program of China(2006CB601204).
文摘Transformation method provides an efficient way to control wave propagation by materials.The transformed relations for field and material during a transformation are essential to fulfill this method.We propose a systematic method to derive the transformed relations for a general physic process,the constraint conditions are obtained by considering geometrical and physical constraint during a mapping. The proposed method is applied to Navier's equation for elastodynamics,Helmholtz's equation for acoustic wave and Maxwell's equation for electromagnetic wave,the corresponding transformed relations are derived,which can be used in the framework of transformation method for wave control.We show that contrary to electromagnetic wave,the transformed relations are not uniquely determined for elastic wave and acoustic wave,so we have a freedom to choose them differently.Using the obtained transformed relations,we also provide some examples for device design,a concentrator for elastic wave,devices for illusion acoustic and illusion optics are conceived and validated by numerical simulations.