Homogenization and Wave Functional Materials
In this talk, I will give a brief review on the progress from on homogenization and its impact on achieving unusual wave functional materials, such as zero-index materials in which the effective refractive index is vanishing.
Overview
Wave functional materials are artificial materials that can control wave propagation as wish. An important model in characterizing the wave functional material is homogenization. In this talk, I will give a brief review on the progress from our group on homogenization and its impact on achieving unusual wave functional materials, such as zero-index materials in which the effective refractive index is vanishing. Interesting wave propagation behaviors, including waveform shaping and cloaking, will be discussed.
Presenters
Brief Biography
Ying Wu is an Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics and Computational Science (AMCS) and the principal investigator of the Waves in Complex Media Research Group.
Professor Wu obtained her Ph.D. in Physics in 2008 from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), which was followed by a two-year postdoctoral fellowship. She received her B.S. in Physics from Nanjing University, China, in 2002.
Wu is a dedicated physicist who studies electromagnetic, acoustic and elastic waves. Her work has advanced theoretical and design knowledge of metamaterials, photonic and phononic crystals and waves in random media.
