In this talk, the speaker will show that gradient index metamaterials can help to design metasurfaces and achieve cloaking effect, asymmetric transmission, Fano resonance, and other interesting applications in waveguides, without limitations of bandwidth and polarizations.
About the speaker
Prof Huanyang Chen received his BSc and PhD in Physics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2005 and 2008 respectively. He was a Research Assistant and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 2006 to 2009. He is currently a Professor in Soochow University. His research interests include photonic/phononic crystals, metamaterial designs, and transformation optics/acoustics. He has authored or coauthored more than 60 papers, including a recent review for Nature Materials. His papers have been cited for more than 2000 times, and he has an H-index of 20. His work on transformation acoustics and acoustic cloaking has been selected by the Institute of Physics (IOP) as "The Best of 2008".
The seminar is free and open to all. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
