Electromagnetic wormholes and virtual magnetic monopoles

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.99.183901arXivmath-ph/0703059WikidataQ51901259 ScholiaQ51901259MaRDI QIDQ6469941FDOQ6469941

Authors: Allan Greenleaf, Yaroslav Kurylev, M. Lassas, Gunther Uhlmann 

Publication date: 20 March 2007

Abstract: We describe new configurations of electromagnetic (EM) material parameters, the electric permittivity $epsilon$ and magnetic permeability $mu$, that allow one to construct from metamaterials objects that function as invisible tunnels. These allow EM wave propagation between two points, but the tunnels and the regions they enclose are not detectable to EM observations. Such devices function as wormholes with respect to Maxwell's equations and effectively change the topology of space vis-a-vis EM wave propagation. We suggest several applications, including devices behaving as virtual magnetic monopoles.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Harmonic analysis on Euclidean spaces (42-XX) Group theory and generalizations (20-XX) Approximations and expansions (41-XX)

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