On active drains and causality

preprint2014arXivOpen access

Abstract

The concept of an \emph{active drain} has been used recently to provide an optical element which manages to perfectly sink incoming electromagnetic radiation. Here I show that without prior knowledge of the incoming signal, an element attempting respond as an active localized drain cannot succeed.

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