Transformation Optics Using Graphene

@article{Vakil2011TransformationOU,
  title={Transformation Optics Using Graphene},
  author={Ashka Vakil and Nader Engheta},
  journal={Science},
  year={2011},
  volume={332},
  pages={1291 - 1294}
}
Simulations show that control of the conductivity of a region within a graphene sheet could guide optical waves. Metamaterials and transformation optics play substantial roles in various branches of optical science and engineering by providing schemes to tailor electromagnetic fields into desired spatial patterns. We report a theoretical study showing that by designing and manipulating spatially inhomogeneous, nonuniform conductivity patterns across a flake of graphene, one can have this… 
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