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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…

Metasurfaces with subwavelength thickness have exhibited unconventional phenomena in ways that could not be mimicked by traditional materials. Here we report the analytical design and experimental realizations of acoustic metasurface with…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-12-30 Yong Li , Xue Jiang , Rui-qi Li , Bin Liang , Xin-ye Zou , Lei-lei Yin , Jian-chun Cheng

Metasurfaces are promising two-dimensional metamaterials that are engineered to provide unique properties or functionalities absent in naturally occurring homogeneous surfaces. Here, we report a type of metasurface for tailored…

Optics · Physics 2014-05-21 Jiao Lin , Qian Wang , Guanghui Yuan , Luping Du , Shan Shan Kou , Xiao-Cong Yuan

In recent years, metasurfaces have shown extremely powerful abilities for manipulation of electromagnetic waves. However, the local electromagnetic response of conventional metasurfaces yields to an intrinsic performance limitation in terms…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-09-25 Vladislav Popov , Badreddine Ratni , Shah Nawaz Burokur , Fabrice Boust

Recent advances in programmable metasurfaces, also dubbed as reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), are envisioned to offer a paradigm shift from uncontrollable to fully tunable and customizable wireless propagation environments,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-09-14 Lina Mohjazi , Ahmed Zoha , Lina Bariah , Sami Muhaidat , Paschalis C. Sofotasios , Muhammad Ali Imran , Octavia A. Dobre

We design extremely-thin acoustic metasurfaces, providing a versatile platform for the manipulation of reflected pressure fields, that are constructed from mass loads and stretched membranes fixed to a periodic rigid framework. These…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-07-21 Yao-Ting Wang , Richard Craster

Metasurfaces are envisaged to play a key role in next-generation wireless systems due to their powerful control over electromagnetic waves. The last decade has witnessed huge advances in this regard, shifting from static to programmable…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Taqwa Saeed , Sergi Abadal , Christos Liaskos , Andreas Pitsillides , Hamidreza Taghvaee , Albert Cabellos-Aparicio , Marios Lestas , Eduard Alarcon

The reconfigurability of radio environments with programmable metasurfaces is considered a key feature of next-generation wireless networks. Identifying suitable metasurface configurations for desired wireless functionalities requires a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-07 Jérôme Sol , Hugo Prod'homme , Luc Le Magoarou , Philipp del Hougne

Previously reported acoustic metasurfaces that consist of fixed channels, are untunable to meet the broadband requirement and alterable functionalities. To overcome this limitation, we propose screw-and-nut mechanism of tunability and…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-12-05 Sheng-Dong Zhao , Yue-Sheng Wang , Chuanzeng Zhang

We introduce the concept of smart radio environments, currently intensely studied for wireless communication in metasurface-programmable meter-scaled environments (e.g., inside rooms), on the chip scale. Wireless networks-on-chips (WNoCs)…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-06-27 Mohammadreza F. Imani , Sergi Abadal , Philipp del Hougne

Using metasurfaces to control the wave propagation at will has been very successful over the broad electromagnetic spectrum in recent years. By encoding specially designed abrupt changes of electromagnetic parameters into metasurfaces, such…

Programmable wireless environments enable the software-defined propagation of waves within them, yielding exceptional performance potential. Several building-block technologies have been implemented and evaluated at the physical layer. The…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-09-04 Christos Liaskos , Ageliki Tsioliaridou , Shuai Nie , Andreas Pitsillides , Sotiris Ioannidis , Ian Akyildiz

Reconfigurable metasurfaces are potent platforms to control the propagation properties of light dynamically. Among different reconfiguration mechanisms available at optical frequencies, using non-volatile phase change materials is one of…

Optics · Physics 2024-12-03 Luis Manuel Máñez-Espina , Ana Díaz-Rubio

Metasurface coupling constitutes a fundamental yet intricate electromagnetic interaction that occurs within a lattice of artificial subwavelength unit cells. Despite its prevalence, such coupling is typically ignored in conventional…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-21 Ouling Wu , Chao Qian , Guangfeng You , Hongsheng Chen

Metasurfaces are arrays of subwavelength meta-atoms that shape waves in a compact and planar form factor. Analysis and design of metasurfaces require methods for modeling their interactions with waves. Conventional modeling techniques…

Optics · Physics 2020-03-17 Mahsa Torfeh , Amir Arbabi

Integrating multiple functionalities into a single metasurface is becoming of great interest for future intelligent communication systems. While such devices have been extensively explored for reciprocal functionalities, in this work, we…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-11-23 Xuchen Wang , Ana Diaz-Rubio , Huanan Li , Sergei A. Tretyakov , Andrea Alu

The investigation of metasurface, which is of great current interest, has opened up new degrees of freedom to research metamaterials. In this paper, we propose an ultrathin acoustic metasurface consisting of a series of structurally simple…

Classical Physics · Physics 2016-06-03 Shilong Zhai , Changlin Ding , Huaijun Chen , Song Liu , Chunrong Luo , Xiaopeng Zhao

Metasurfaces can manipulate the amplitude and phase of electromagnetic waves, offering applications ranging from antenna design and cloaking to imaging and communication. Additionally, temporal, and non-linear metasurfaces have the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-18 Pouria Sanjari , Firooz Aflatouni

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) are programmable metasurfaces that can adaptively steer received electromagnetic energy in desired directions by employing controllable phase shifting cells. Among other uses, an RIS can modify the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-15 Ender Ayanoglu , Filippo Capolino , A. Lee Swindlehurst

Metasurfaces, or Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs), have emerged as a transformative technology for next-generation wireless systems, enabling digitally controlled manipulation of electromagnetic wave propagation. By turning the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-19 Paul Staat , Christof Paar , Swarun Kumar