Convolution Operations on Coding Metasurface to Reach Flexible and Continuous Controls of Terahertz Beams
By Shuo Liu, T. Cui, Lei Zhang, Quan Xu, Qiu Wang, Xiang Wan, J. Gu, W. Tang, Mei Qing Qi, J. Han and 3 more. Advancement of science, 2016
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The concept of coding metasurface makes a link between physically metamaterial particles and digital codes, and hence it is possible to perform digital signal processing on the coding metasurface to realize unusual physical phenomena. Here, this study presents to perform Fourier operations on coding metasurfaces and proposes a principle called as scattering‐pattern shift using the convolution theorem, which allows steering of the scattering pattern to an arbitrarily predesigned direction. Owing to the constant reflection amplitude of coding particles, the required coding pattern can be simply achieved by the modulus of two coding matrices. This study demonstrates that the scattering patterns that are directly calculated from the coding pattern using the Fourier transform have excellent agreements to the numerical simulations based on realistic coding structures, providing an efficient method in optimizing coding patterns to achieve predesigned scattering beams. The most important advantage of this approach over the previous schemes in producing anomalous single‐beam scattering is its flexible and continuous controls to arbitrary directions. This work opens a new route to study metamaterial from a fully digital perspective, predicting the possibility of combining conventional theorems in digital signal processing with the coding metasurface to realize more powerful manipulations of electromagnetic waves.
Subfields: Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
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