HyperSurfaces (HSFs) are devices whose electromagnetic (EM) behavior is software-driven, i.e., it can be defined programmatically. The key components of this emerging technology are the metasurfaces, artificial layered materials whose EM properties depend on their internal subwavelength structuring. HSFs merge metasurfaces with a network of miniaturized custom electronic controllers, the nanonetwork, in an integrated scalable hardware platform. The nanonetwork receives external programmatic commands expressing the desired end-functionality and appropriately alters the metasurface configuration thus yielding the respective EM behavior for the HSF. In this work, we will present all the components of the HSF paradigm, as well as highlight the underlying challenges and future prospects.
@article{arxiv.1902.01085,
title = {Software-Defined Metasurface Paradigm: Concept, Challenges, Prospects},
author = {Alexandros Pitilakis and Anna C. Tasolamprou and Christos Liaskos and Fu Liu and Odysseas Tsilipakos and Xuchen Wang and Mohammad Sajjad Mirmoosa and Kypros Kossifos and Julius Georgiou and Andreas Pitsilides and Nikolaos V. Kantartzis and Sotiris Ioannidis and Eleftherios N. Economou and Maria Kafesaki and Sergei A. Tretyakov and Costas M. Soukoulis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.01085},
year = {2019}
}
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3 pages, 1 figure, 12th International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena (METAMATERIALS 2018)