Numerical method of designing three-dimensional open cloaks with arbitrary boundary shapes

In this paper, three-dimensional (3-D) open cloaks were designed based on the coordinate transformation method. When the transformation center point is close to the boundary of the cloaks, the material parameter tensors in the near-boundary areas of the cloaks approximate to those in the background, so the near-boundary areas can be designed to be open. Full wave simulations based on finite element method verified the open cloaks we designed. Open cloaks can exchange information and materials with background media. Using the design method proposed in this paper, the boundary of open cloaks can be arbitrarily shaped, which greatly enhances the applicability of open cloaks. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.