Analog signal processing through space-time digital metasurfaces
Author:
Rajabalipanah Hamid1, Abdolali Ali1ORCID, Iqbal Shahid2ORCID, Zhang Lei2, Cui Tie Jun2
Affiliation:
1. Applied Electromagnetic Laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering, Iran University of Science & Technology , Tehran , Iran 2. School of Information Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Southeast University , Nanjing 210096 , China
Abstract
Abstract
In the quest to realize analog signal processing using subwavelength metasurfaces, in this paper, we present the first demonstration of programmable time-modulated metasurface processors based on the key properties of spatial Fourier transformation. Exploiting space-time coding strategy enables local, independent, and real-time engineering of not only amplitude but also phase profile of the contributing reflective digital meta-atoms at both central and harmonic frequencies. Several illustrative examples are demonstrated to show that the proposed multifunctional calculus metasurface is capable of implementing a large class of useful mathematical operators, including 1st- and 2nd-order spatial differentiation, 1st-order spatial integration, and integro-differential equation solving accompanied by frequency conversions. Unlike the recent proposals based on the Green’s function (GF) method, the designed time-modulated signal processor effectively operates for input signals containing wide spatial frequency bandwidths with an acceptable gain level. Proof-of-principle simulations are also reported to demonstrate the successful realization of image processing functions like edge detection. This time-varying wave-based computing system can set the direction for future developments of programmable metasurfaces with highly promising applications in ultrafast equation solving, real-time and continuous signal processing, and imaging.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials,Biotechnology
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