Optical gravitational collimation and observation of Einstein's rings in transformation optics

Chong Sheng; Hiu Liu; Shining Zhu; Rivka Bekenstein; Mordechai Segev

doi:10.1109/APCAP.2015.7374260

Optical gravitational collimation and observation of Einstein's rings in transformation optics

Chong Sheng
, Hiu Liu
, Shining Zhu
, Rivka Bekenstein
, Mordechai Segev

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate collimation in transformation optics by designing a refractive index profile analogous to the curvature of a star. Our experiments also enable the observation of Einstein's Rings caused by gravitational lensing as predicted in 1936.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	32-33
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479988969
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APCAP.2015.7374260
State	Published - 6 Jan 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	4th IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2015 - Bali Island, Indonesia Duration: 30 Jun 2015 → 3 Jul 2015

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Name	Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2015

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Conference	4th IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2015
Country/Territory	Indonesia
City	Bali Island
Period	30/06/15 → 3/07/15

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Keywords

collimatoin
metamaterials
transformation optics

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Sheng, C., Liu, H., Zhu, S., Bekenstein, R., & Segev, M. (2016). Optical gravitational collimation and observation of Einstein's rings in transformation optics. In Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2015 (pp. 32-33). Article 7374260 (Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2015). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/APCAP.2015.7374260

Sheng, Chong ; Liu, Hiu ; Zhu, Shining et al. / Optical gravitational collimation and observation of Einstein's rings in transformation optics. Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. pp. 32-33 (Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2015).

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Optical gravitational collimation and observation of Einstein's rings in transformation optics. / Sheng, Chong; Liu, Hiu; Zhu, Shining et al.
Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. p. 32-33 7374260 (Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2015).

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Sheng C, Liu H, Zhu S, Bekenstein R, Segev M. Optical gravitational collimation and observation of Einstein's rings in transformation optics. In Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016. p. 32-33. 7374260. (Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2015). doi: 10.1109/APCAP.2015.7374260

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