Numerical simulation of tensorial impedance metasurfaces

Author

Francavilla, Matteo A. ; Martini, Enrica ; Vipiana, Francesca ; Maci, Stefano ; Vecchi, Giuseppe

Author_Institution

Antenna & EMC Lab. (LACE), Ist. Superiore Mario Boella (ISMB), Turin, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

3937

Lastpage

3938

Abstract

Metasurfaces are thin metamaterial layers characterized by unusual reflection properties of plane waves and/or dispersion properties of surface/guided wave. Metasurfaces can be described through a surface impedance boundary condition; the impedance, possibly tensorial, can vary from place to place (by design) on the surface. We introduce a full-wave method, based on an integral equation formulation, to analyze tensorial metasurfaces with anisotropic behavior. Strategies for a numerical solution of the problem are investigated, with special attention to continuity and regularity issues which play a crucial role.

Keywords

electromagnetic metamaterials; electromagnetic wave reflection; integral equations; numerical analysis; dispersion properties; integral equation; numerical simulation; plane waves; reflection properties; surface impedance boundary condition; surface/guided wave; tensorial impedance metasurfaces; tensorial metasurfaces; thin metamaterial layers; Antennas; Impedance; Metamaterials; Optical surface waves; Surface impedance; Surface waves; Metasurfaces; anisotropic impedance; integral equations; method of moments (MoM);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6547049