Optimization towards broadband cylindrical cloaks with layered magnetic materials

Inhomogeneous anisotropic cloaks can be approximated by more realizable homogeneous and isotropic material layers at the expense of their bandwidth and angular dependence. Aiming at applications to a monostatic Radar, we propose a scheme to design broadband cylindrical cloaks with minimized backscattering RCS. The cloak is composed of a few layers of concentric magnetic materials, with optimized parameters using a genetic algorithm (GA). We also examine extensively the parameters in the optimization, including the initial population and the relationship of required discretization with the operation frequency. It has been demonstrated that, through a proper designed optimization, the bandwidth can exceed 80% for non- dispersive cloaks and 4% for dispersive cloaks.