A multi-functional cloaking technology with enhanced transmission in the giga-Hz regime.

In the giga-Hz (GHz) regime, not only does an advanced electromagnetic platform need a stealth function to shield itself from radar detection, similar to the "invisible" cloak in the visible light regime, but also an enhanced transmission function to communicate with others. To satisfy the seemingly contradictory requirements, we here propose a multi-functional mode of plasma cloaking, invisible to radar detection but signal-enhanced in communication bands. Such a synergistic effect is achieved by combining a "detour" layer of cloaking and an enhancement layer of communication. Thus, with such a design we can successfully apply an ideal "cloak" to the low frequency detecting regime (in the P-band) and improve signal transmission capabilities in a higher frequency communication regime (in the L-band) at the same time. Furthermore, the tunability and limitations of the multi-functional system are discussed, and the principles of designing inner and outer plasma layers are acquired. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]