Abstract

Electromagnetic (EM) metasurface mantles afford an alternative avenue, allowing for the possibility of rendering arbitrary-shape objects unobservable. But the available mechanisms either depend on the states of polarization or the azimuth of wave incidence, or cannot dynamically manipulate cloaking responses without altering the structures. Herein, a three-dimensional closed-ring-based metasurface carpet cloak involving ${\rm{G}}{{\rm{e}}_2}{\rm{S}}{{\rm{b}}_2}{\rm{T}}{{\rm{e}}_5}$ that circumvents current drawbacks of metasurface structures is proposed. By judiciously designing meta-atoms on the external surface of a spherical object, the scattered wavefront, including the distributions of EM fields and polarizations, can be reconstructed, resembling what is deflected from a flat plane. Enabled by the perfectly symmetric distribution of meta-atoms, the carpet cloak is demonstrated to work well under arbitrary states of polarization and arbitrary azimuthal angles of incident light. Meanwhile, by converting ${\rm{G}}{{\rm{e}}_2}{\rm{S}}{{\rm{b}}_2}{\rm{T}}{{\rm{e}}_5}$ from the amorphous to crystalline state, the designed scheme is empowered with the ability to switch “ON” and “OFF” of stealth states. Furthermore, the unique design achieves invisibility over ${{\pm 20}}^\circ$ angular span in the mid-infrared range from 8800 to 9450 nm. The validated recipe empowers robust steps forward to achieve full-polarization, full-azimuth operation, and switchable cloaking in the real-world, showing great potential applications in stealth, camouflage, and illusion fields.

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