The Software-Defined Metasurfaces Concept and Electromagnetic Aspects
Date
2019Author
Tasolamprou, Anna C.Pitilakis, Alexandros
Tsilipakos, Odysseas
Liaskos, Christos K.
Tsiolaridou, Ageliki
Liu, Fu
Wang, Xuchen
Mirmoosa, Mohammad S.
Kossifos, Kypros
Georgiou, Julius
Pitsilides, Andreas
Kantartzis, Nikolaos V.
Manessis, Dionysios
Ioannidis, Sotiris
Kenanakis, George
Deligeorgis, George
Economou, Eleftherios N.
Tretyakov, Sergei A.
Soukoulis, Costas M.
Kafesaki, Maria
Place of publication
LisbonSource
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (META19)Google Scholar check
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
We present the concept and electromagnetic aspects of HyperSurFaces (HSFs), artificial, ultrathin structures with software controlled electromagnetic properties. The HSFs key unit is the metasurface, a plane with designed subwavelength features whose electromagnetic response can be tuned via voltage-controlled continuously-tunable electrical elements that provide local control of the surface impedance and advanced functionalities, such as tunable perfect absorption or wavefront manipulation. A nanonetwork of controllers enables software defined HSFs control related to the emerging Internet of Things paradigm.