Focal control and light tracing on curved surfaces with isotropic transformation medium

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Autori principali: Zhao, Xiaoyu, Shi, Longfei, Zhang, Zhuoyu, Gao, Xiaoke, Wang, Jiawei, Ma, Xikui, Dong, Tianyu
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Zhao, Xiaoyu
Shi, Longfei
Zhang, Zhuoyu
Gao, Xiaoke
Wang, Jiawei
Ma, Xikui
Dong, Tianyu
author_facet Zhao, Xiaoyu
Shi, Longfei
Zhang, Zhuoyu
Gao, Xiaoke
Wang, Jiawei
Ma, Xikui
Dong, Tianyu
contents Optics related to non-Euclidean geometry has been attracting growing interest for emerged novel phenomena and the analog for general relativity, while most studies are limited to the free space on rotationally-symmetric surfaces. In this paper, we focus on the light control and ray tracing on complex surfaces filled with inhomogeneous transformation medium. Within the conformal transformation optics, focal control devices and absolute optical instruments have been extended to curved surfaces. According to the equivalence between geometry and material, the metric tensor of the curved surface and the refractive index tensor are unified as the optical metric for the Hamilton's equations of light propagation on a curved surface. By solving for ray trajectories in the local coordinate system of mesh element and illuminating the refraction between non-planar elements with discontinuous media, a mesh-based ray-tracing algorithm on curved surface with medium has been proposed to validate the light control. Our research establishes a theoretical framework for light ray control in non-Euclidean space and offers an efficient tool for ray tracing in inhomogeneous medium on curved surface.
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spellingShingle Focal control and light tracing on curved surfaces with isotropic transformation medium
Zhao, Xiaoyu
Shi, Longfei
Zhang, Zhuoyu
Gao, Xiaoke
Wang, Jiawei
Ma, Xikui
Dong, Tianyu
Optics
Optics related to non-Euclidean geometry has been attracting growing interest for emerged novel phenomena and the analog for general relativity, while most studies are limited to the free space on rotationally-symmetric surfaces. In this paper, we focus on the light control and ray tracing on complex surfaces filled with inhomogeneous transformation medium. Within the conformal transformation optics, focal control devices and absolute optical instruments have been extended to curved surfaces. According to the equivalence between geometry and material, the metric tensor of the curved surface and the refractive index tensor are unified as the optical metric for the Hamilton's equations of light propagation on a curved surface. By solving for ray trajectories in the local coordinate system of mesh element and illuminating the refraction between non-planar elements with discontinuous media, a mesh-based ray-tracing algorithm on curved surface with medium has been proposed to validate the light control. Our research establishes a theoretical framework for light ray control in non-Euclidean space and offers an efficient tool for ray tracing in inhomogeneous medium on curved surface.
title Focal control and light tracing on curved surfaces with isotropic transformation medium
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.14598