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Nonreciprocal devices, including optical isolators, phase shifters, and amplifiers, are pivotal for advanced optical systems. However, exploiting natural materials is challenging due to their weak magneto-optical effects, requiring…

We propose a discussion on the synthesis and scattering analysis of nonlinear metasurfaces. For simplicity, we investigate the case of a second-order nonlinear isotropic metasurface possessing both electric and magnetic linear and nonlinear…

Optics · Physics 2017-03-28 Karim Achouri , Yousef Vahabzadeh , Christophe Caloz

The ability of phase-change materials to reversibly and rapidly switch between two stable phases has driven their use in a number of applications such as data storage and optical modulators. Incorporating such materials into metasurfaces…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-12 Nooshin M. Estakhri , Theodore B. Norris

In this paper, a three-dimensional (3D) geometry based stochastic model (GBSM) for a massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system employing practical discrete intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is proposed. The…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-27 Yingzhuo Sun , Cheng-Xiang Wang , Jie Huang , Jun Wang

In this work we present a new mechanism for designing phase-gradient metasurfaces (PGMs) to control an electromagnetic wavefront with high efficiency. Specifically, we design a transmission-type PGM formed by a periodic subwavelength…

Optics · Physics 2020-09-01 Yanyan cao , Bocheng Yu , Yangyang Fu , Lei Gao , Yadong Xu

Metasurfaces are efficient and versatile electromagnetic structures that have already enabled the implementation of a wide range of microwave and photonic wave shaping applications. Despite the extensive research into metasurfaces, a…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-16 Mustafa Yücel , Francisco S. Cuesta , Karim Achouri

Nonlinear optics underpins a broad range of photonic technologies, from classical and quantum light sources to emerging nonlinear photonic neural networks. Yet, conventional nonlinear optical devices exhibit static functionality: their…

Temporally modulated metamaterials have attracted significant attention recently due to their non-reciprocal and frequency converting properties. Here, a transparent, time-modulated metasurface that functions as a serrodyne frequency…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-11-07 Zhanni Wu , Anthony Grbic

We propose a nonlinear acoustic metasurface concept by exploiting the nonlinearity of the locally resonant unit cells formed by curved beams. The analytical model is established to explore the nonlinear phenomenon, specifically the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-11-30 Zhenkun Lin , Yuning Zhang , K. W. Wang , Serife Tol

We present the first use of a waveform-dependent absorbing metasurface for high-power pulsed surface currents. The new type of nonlinear metasurface, composed of circuit elements including diodes, is capable of storing high power pulse…

Nonlinear metasurfaces that dynamically manipulate the phase of a passing light beam are of interest for a wide range of applications. The controlled operation of such devices requires accurate measurements of the optical transmission phase…

In this talk we present and discuss a new general approach to the synthesis of metasurfaces for full control of transmitted and reflected fields. The method is based on the use of an equivalent impedance matrix which connects the tangential…

Optics · Physics 2016-03-24 V. Asadchy , M. Albooyeh , S. Tcvetkova , Y. Ra'di , S. A. Tretyakov

Gradient metasurface, formed by a set of subwavelength unit cells with different phase modulation, is widely used in polarized beam splitting (BS) in the classical and quantum optics. Specifically, its phase gradient allows the path and…

Optics · Physics 2024-03-14 Qi Liu , Xuan Liu , Yu Tian , Zhaohua Tian , Guixin Li , Xi-Feng Ren , Qihuang Gong , Ying Gu

We report the design of nonreciprocal resonant transmission/reflection using a one-dimensional photonic crystal (1DPC) adjacent to the magneto-optical (MO) metal film. The nonreciprocal surface modes are found at the interface between the…

Optics · Physics 2017-07-26 Cheng He , Chang-Sheng Yuan , Ming-Hui Lu , Yan-Feng Chen , Cheng Sun

Previous research has attempted to minimize the influence of loss in reflection- and transmission-type acoustic metasurfaces. This letter shows that, by treating the acoustic metasurface as a non-Hermitian system and by harnessing loss,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-11-27 Xu Wang , Xinsheng Fang , Dongxing Mao , Yun Jing , Yong Li

In contrast to conventional RIS, the scattering matrix of a non-reciprocal RIS (NR-RIS) is non-symmetric, leading to differences in the uplink and the downlink components of NR-RIS cascaded channels. In this paper, a physically-consistent…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-26 Jiaqi Xu , Haoyu Wang , Rang Liu , Josef A. Nossek , A. Lee Swindlehurst

We present a general framework for incorporating non-reciprocal interactions into the Ising model with Glauber dynamics, without requiring multiple species. We then focus on a model with vision-cone type interactions. We solve it in a fully…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-05-09 Adrià Garcés , Demian Levis

A hybrid plasmonic-dielectric metasurface is proposed in order to manipulate beam propagation in desired manners. The metasurface is composed of patterned hybrid graphene-silicon nano-disks deposited on a low-index substrate, namely silica.…

Optics · Physics 2018-05-08 Kamalodin Arik

The mid-wave infrared (MWIR) spectral region (3-5 {\mu}m) is important to a vast variety of applications in imaging, sensing, spectroscopy, surgery, and optical communications. Efficient third-harmonic generation (THG), converting light…

Birefringent materials or nanostructures that introduce phase differences between two linear polarizations underpin the operation of wave plates for polarization control of light. Here we develop metasurfaces realizing a distinct class of…