Toward intelligent metasurfaces: the progress from globally tunable metasurfaces to software‐defined metasurfaces with an embedded network of controllers

O Tsilipakos, AC Tasolamprou… - Advanced optical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Metasurfaces, the ultrathin, 2D version of metamaterials, have recently attracted a surge of
attention for their capability to manipulate electromagnetic waves. Recent advances in …

Metasurfaces: From microwaves to visible

SB Glybovski, SA Tretyakov, PA Belov, YS Kivshar… - Physics reports, 2016 - Elsevier
We review the basic physics and applications of a special class of planar metamaterials,
often called metasurfaces, which are composed of optically thin and densely packed planar …

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) in the sub-6 GHz band: Design, implementation, and real-world demonstration

A Araghi, M Khalily, M Safaei, A Bagheri, V Singh… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Here, we first aim to explain practical considerations to design and implement a
reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) in the sub-6 GHz band and then, to demonstrate its …

Tunable and reconfigurable metasurfaces and metadevices

A Nemati, Q Wang, M Hong, J Teng - Opto-Electronic Advances, 2018 - researching.cn
Metasurfaces, two-dimensional equivalents of metamaterials, are engineered surfaces
consisting of deep subwavelength features that have full control of the electromagnetic …

Distributed antenna system and methods for use therewith

US Patent 10,027,397, 2018 - Google Patents
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method, includes coordinating
relay transmission of a modulated signal via relay links of a distributed antenna system to …

Apparatus and methods for generating an electromagnetic wave along a transmission medium

PS Henry, S Johnson, R Bennett, F Barzegar… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, generating, by a plurality of dielectric
antennas of a waveguide system, a plurality of instances of electromagnetic waves that …

Apparatus and methods for launching guided waves via circuits

PS Henry, R Bennett, F Barzegar, I Gerszberg… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system having a plurality of
transmitters for launching, according to a signal, instances of first electromagnetic waves …

Launcher with planar strip antenna and methods for use therewith

R Bennett, I Gerszberg, PS Henry, F Barzegar… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a launching device including a
transmitter configured to generate a radio frequency signal in a microwave frequency band …

Launcher and coupling system for guided wave mode cancellation

PS Henry, DJ Barnickel, F Barzegar, R Bennett… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a coupling module that includes
a waveguide that guides a first electromagnetic wave conveying data from a transmitting …

System and dielectric antenna with non-uniform dielectric

R Bennett, I Gerszberg, F Barzegar… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a solid dielectric antenna having
a non-uniform spatial distribution of relative permittivity.