Farhat, M.
Chen, P.-Y.
Bagci, H.
Amra, C.
Guenneau, S.
Alù, A.
Article History
Received: 22 January 2015
Accepted: 23 March 2015
First Online: 30 April 2015
Change Date: 21 January 2016
Change Type: Update
Change Details: A correction has been published and is appended to both the HTML and PDF versions of this paper. The error has not been fixed in the paper.
Change Date: 21 January 2016
Change Type: Erratum
Change Details: We theoretically and numerically analyze thermal invisibility based on the concept of scattering cancellation and mantle cloaking. We show that a small object can be made completely invisible to heat diffusion waves, by tailoring the heat conductivity of the spherical shell enclosing the object. This means that the thermal scattering from the object is suppressed, and the heat flow outside the object and the cloak made of these spherical shells behaves as if the object is not present. Thermal invisibility may open new vistas in hiding hot spots in infrared thermography, military furtivity, and electronics heating reduction.
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing financial interests.