Toward multicontrollable metasurfaces

Francesco Chiadini, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

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Abstract

Multicontrollability is just beginning to emerge as an engineering paradigm. It is necessary for fault-tolerant operation because multiple agents become available to perform a specific function. This built-in redundancy promotes seamless operation in variable conditions. Inspired by biological multicontrollability, multicontrollable metasurfaces have been conceptualized for terahertz applications. Comprising electrically small elements called MetaAtoms made of diverse pixels each of which is variously controlled, a metasurface could be either homogeneous or graded on the wavelength scale. As an example, terahertz transmission of a normally incident plane wave through a metasurface with subwavelength MetaAtoms containing diverse pixels of magnetostatically controllable material (InAs) and thermally controllable material (CdTe) was analyzed. The co-polarized transmission coefficients were found to exhibit stopbands that shift by switching on/off the magnetostatic field and/or increasing/decreasing the temperature.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationBioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication VIII
EditorsAkhlesh Lakhtakia
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510616820
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
EventBioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication VIII 2018 - Denver, United States
Duration: Mar 5 2018Mar 7 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume10593
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Other

OtherBioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication VIII 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDenver
Period3/5/183/7/18

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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