IET Lecture on (almost) how to build a Cloaking Device

[major_clanger]

Anyone else interested in attending this free lecture in London on Thursday 12th March (the week after the Tun)?

(There's a dinner afterwards, but its optional and not at all free, so I was thinking of heading elsewhere for nosh or drink if anyone else comes along).

Thursday, 12 March 2009
Savoy Place, London, UK
6.30pm (registration at 6.00pm)
6.00 pm Registration and Refreshments
6.30 pm The Centenary Kelvin Lecture (Chairman: Chris Earnshaw, President, The IET)

Creating the invisibility cloak: New horizons in electromagnetism

Electromagnetism encompasses much of modern technology. Its influence rests on our ability to deploy materials that can control the component electric and magnetic fields. A new class of materials has created some extraordinary possibilities such as a negative refractive index, and lenses whose resolution is limited only by the precision with which we can manufacture them.

Cloaks have been designed and built that hide objects within them, but remain completely invisible to external observers. The new materials, named metamaterials, have properties determined as much by their internal physical structure as by their chemical composition. The structure must be on a scale much less than the wavelength so that their responses can be described by an electrical permittivity and magnetic permeability.

Comments

[lapswood.livejournal.com]

Count me in! I'm off all that week.

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

I thought I could register other people online but it looks like you'll have to create a login (you don't need to be an IET member to do that) then register yourself. Let me know if you have any trouble doing this and I'll contact the IET and register you manually.

[cdave]

Sounds interesting, and it's been a while since I've been to a science lecture. Would love to, thanks!

From what I've seen on the pre-print blog this only works for one dimensional objects, so I'd love to hear more.

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

I thought I could register other people online but it looks like you'll have to create a login (you don't need to be an IET member to do that) then register yourself. Let me know if you have any trouble doing this and I'll contact the IET and register you manually.

[cthulie.livejournal.com]

Looks interesting! I'm up for it.

[maeve-the-red.livejournal.com]

This is right up my ally - shame I can't make it.

Any chance you could take notes/refer to some on the web afterwards? (I have asked Simon this as well.) Quite aside from it being cool I need to know this stuff for research purposes.

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

I thought I could register other people online but it looks like you'll have to create a login (you don't need to be an IET member to do that) then register yourself. Let me know if you have any trouble doing this and I'll contact the IET and register you manually.

[maeve-the-red.livejournal.com]

I wish I could make this, but I can't.

Any chance of sending (or posting) notes on what is said (or a link to same). It's for research donchaknow. Thanks.

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

I'll see what I can do. As this is one of the IET's premier events it might also be put online, so I'll let you know if it is.

[lapswood.livejournal.com]

Does one have to register to attend the Lecture only. I am still interested in coming for an informal meal or drinks afterwards.

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

Yes, you have to register so as to be sure to get a seat. I don't know if there are still any spaces, so best to register and try and book straight away.