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Using the freedom of design that metamaterials provide, we showhow electromagnetic fields can be redirected at will and proposea design strategy. The conserved fieldselectric displacementfield D, magnetic induction field B, and Poynting vector Bareall displaced in a consistent manner. A simple illustrationis given of the cloaking of a proscribed volume of space toexclude completely all electromagnetic fields. Our work hasrelevance to exotic lens design and to the cloaking of objectsfrom electromagnetic fields.
1 Department of Physics, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. 2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Box 90291, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: j.pendry{at}imperial.ac.uk
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