Bioinspired multicontrollable metasurfaces and metamaterials for terahertz applications

Akhlesh Lakhtakia; Douglas E. Wolfe; Mark W. Horn; John Mazurowski; Arnold Burger; Partha P. Banerjee

doi:10.1117/12.2258683

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17 April 2017 Bioinspired multicontrollable metasurfaces and metamaterials for terahertz applications

Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Douglas E. Wolfe, Mark W. Horn, John Mazurowski, Arnold Burger, Partha P. Banerjee

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Proceedings Volume 10162, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication 2017; 101620V (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2258683
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2017, Portland, Oregon, United States

Abstract

Inspired by biological multicontrollability, we have devised the concept of multicontrollable metasurfaces. Comprising electrically small elements called MetaAtoms, a metasurface could be either homogeneous or graded on the wavelength scale for operation in the terahertz regime. The MetaAtoms would comprise diverse pixels each of which is made of magnetically controlled, thermally controlled, electrically controlled, or optically controlled material. Stacks of parallel multicontrollable metasurfaces would function as multicontrollable metamaterials.

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Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Douglas E. Wolfe, Mark W. Horn, John Mazurowski, Arnold Burger, and Partha P. Banerjee "Bioinspired multicontrollable metasurfaces and metamaterials for terahertz applications", Proc. SPIE 10162, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication 2017, 101620V (17 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2258683

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