Communications Physics (Sep 2021)

Designing the collective non-local responses of metasurfaces

  • James R. Capers,
  • Stephen J. Boyes,
  • Alastair P. Hibbins,
  • Simon A. R. Horsley

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00713-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Mapping the response required to obtain the desired output field from a metamaterial for a given input remains challenging due to the complexity of scattering processes. Here, a semi-analytical model for the design of aperiodic metasurfaces is presented alongside numerical examples.