Direct observation of ideal electromagnetic fluids

Hao Li; Ziheng Zhou; Wangyu Sun; Michaël Lobet; Nader Engheta; Iñigo Liberal; Yue Li

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32187-2

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Direct observation of ideal electromagnetic fluids

Hao Li,
Ziheng Zhou,
Wangyu Sun,
Michaël Lobet,
Nader Engheta,
Iñigo Liberal,
Yue Li

Affiliations

Hao Li: Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University
Ziheng Zhou: Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University
Wangyu Sun: Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University
Michaël Lobet: Department of Physics and Namur Institute of Structured Materials, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61
Nader Engheta: Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Iñigo Liberal: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Institute of Smart Cities (ISC), Public University of Navarre (UPNA)
Yue Li: Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32187-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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This paper reports an experimental observation of irrotational, inviscid, and incompressible electromagnetic power flow within an epsilon-near-zero medium, exhibiting an analogy to an ideal fluid.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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