The original metallic object (a) is covered by a device that scatters incoming light waves, resulting in two ghost images on either side of the morphed object (b); the metallic object is shrunk here in the middle of two wing objects (c).
Ghostly illusions could one day help disguise military aircraft for greater stealth, researchers say.
In the last eight years or so, scientists have discovered cloaking devices are possible, which can bend and twist light completely around objects, rendering them invisible. Cloaking devices that work against other kinds of waves are possible as well, such as theacoustic waves used in sonar.
However, such cloaks are usually limited to working against narrow ranges of frequencies for various types of waves. An international team of physicists instead explored devices that could potentially work against wide bands of frequencies, generating illusory ghostsas disguises.
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