Amplifying device created with isotropic dielectric layer

Using the concept of optical transformation, we report on an amplifying device, which can make an arbitrary object enlarged. Its potential application to small object identification and detection is foreseeable. The cylindrical anisotropic amplifying shell could be mimicked by radially symmetrical “sectors” alternating in composition between two profiles of isotropic dielectrics; the permittivity and permeability in each “sector” can be properly determined by the effective medium theory. Both the magnetic and nonmagnetic amplifying devices are validated by full-wave finite element simulations. Good amplifying performance is observed.