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Metagrating is a new concept for wavefront manipulation that, unlike phase gradient metasurfaces, does not suffer from low efficiency and also has a less complicated fabrication process. In this paper, a compound metallic grating (a…

Optics · Physics 2020-06-24 Mahdi Rahmanzadeh , Amin Khavasi

We present a novel antireflection approach utilizing planar metamaterials on dielectric surfaces. It consists of a split-ring resonator array and a metal mesh separated by a thin dielectric spacer. The coating dramatically reduces the…

Optics · Physics 2010-09-09 H. -T. Chen , J. Zhou , J. F. O'Hara , F. Chen , A. K. Azad , A. J. Taylor

Nonreciprocity, i.e. inequivalence in amplitudes and frequencies of spin waves propagating in opposite directions, is a key property underlying functionality in prospective magnonic devices. Here we demonstrate experimentally and…

We study lightweight, elastic metamaterials consisting of tensegrity-inspired prisms, which present wide, low-frequency band gaps. For their realization, we alternate tensegrity elements with solid discs in periodic arrangements that we…

A series of thin layers of alternating refractive index is known to make a good optical mirror over certain bands of frequency. Such a device - often termed the Bragg reflector - is usually introduced to students within the first years of…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-12 S. A. R. Horsley , J. -H. Wu , M. Artoni , G. C. La Rocca

The diffraction of electromagnetic waves at the surface periodic structures accompanied by strong anomalous effects in different diffraction orders is considered in great detail for high-contrast interfaces. We restrict our discussion to…

Optics · Physics 2019-07-31 T. Rokhmanova , A. V. Kats

Nonreciprocity can be passively achieved by harnessing material nonlinearities. In particular, networks of nonlinear bistable elements with asymmetric energy landscapes have recently been shown to support unidirectional transition waves.…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-07-14 Gabriele Librandi , Eleonora Tubaldi , Katia Bertoldi

This paper presents the experimental demonstration of a dual-input/dual-output reflective impedance metasurface. The design of the metasurface relies on the Method of Moments and leverages auxiliary surface waves to achieve anomalous…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-10-25 Jean Louis Keyrouz , Vasileios G. Ataloglou , George V. Eleftheriades

Traditional metasurfaces often face challenges in achieving broadband functionality and dynamic adaptability, limiting their use in advanced electromagnetic systems. This paper presents a triple circular ring metasurface designed for…

We introduce a metasurface-based system for the microwave hyperthermia treatment of brain tumors, where the metasurface is designed by the time-reversal technique for optimal focusing at the location of the tumor. Compared to previous…

Medical Physics · Physics 2023-01-04 Mohamad J. Hajiahmadi , Reza Faraji-Dana , Christophe Caloz

Nonlinear metasurfaces are multifunctional photonic elements that generate and control light, enabling multiple proof-of-principle applications, such as in nonlinear holography, beam shaping, and nanoscale sources of entangled photon pairs.…

This paper presents an analytical framework for the analysis of time-varying metal-based metamaterials. Concretely, we particularize the study to time-modulated metal-air interfaces embedded between two different semi-infinite media that…

Modern wireless communication is one of the most important information technologies, but its system architecture has been unchanged for many years. Here, we propose a much simpler architecture for wireless communication systems based on…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-06-13 Jie Zhao , Xi Yang , Jun Yan Dai , Qiang Cheng , Xiang Li , Ning Hua Qi , Jun Chen Ke , Guo Dong Bai , Shuo Liu , Shi Jin , Tie Jun Cui

Modern photonic and quantum technologies demand reciprocity breaking, e.g., isolators, full-duplex systems, noise isolation in quantum computers, motivating searching for practical approaches beyond magnet-based devices. This work overviews…

We demonstrate that reflectionless propagation of electromagnetic waves between two different materials can be achieved by designing an intermediate temporal medium, which can work in an ultra-wide frequency band. Such a temporal medium is…

Optics · Physics 2022-08-17 Yi Zhang , Liang Peng , Zhengjie Huang , Lixin Ran , Dexin Ye

In this paper, we present voltage- and current-mode differential magnetless non-reciprocal devices obtained by pairing two single-ended (SE) circulators, each consisting of three first-order bandpass or bandstop LC filters, connected in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-08-10 Ahmed Kord , Dimitrios L. Sounas , Andrea Alù

Time-reflection is a uniform inversion of the temporal evolution of a signal, which arises when an abrupt change in the properties of the host material occurs uniformly in space. At such a time-interface, a portion of the input signal is…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-06-28 Hady Moussa , Gengyu Xu , Shixiong Yin , Emanuele Galiffi , Younes Radi , Andrea Alù

We unveil a previously overlooked wave propagation regime in magnetized plasmonic (gyrotropic) materials with comparable plasma and cyclotron frequencies, which enables a giant and broadband (nondispersive) nonreciprocal response. We show…

Optics · Physics 2020-10-28 Mohamed Ismail Abdelrahman , Francesco Monticone

An uncommon double-ray scenario of light resonant scattering by a periodic metasurface is proposed to provide strong non-specular reflection. The metasurface is constracted as an array of silicon nanodisks placed on thin silica-on-metal…

Nonlinear frequency conversion unlocks technologies ranging from telecommunications to quantum computation; however, weak nonlinearities and architectures that resist miniaturization currently limit devices. Here, we combine a…