On the Use of Electromagnetic Inversion for Metasurface Design
arXiv:1910.06703 · doi:10.1109/TAP.2019.2944544
Abstract
We show that the use of the electromagnetic inverse source framework offers great flexibility in the design of metasurfaces. In particular, this approach is advantageous for antenna design applications where the goal is often to satisfy a set of performance criteria such as half power beamwidths and null directions, rather than satisfying a fully-known complex field. In addition, the inverse source formulation allows the metasurface and the region over which the desired field specifications are provided to be of arbitrary shape. Some of the main challenges in solving this inverse source problem, such as formulating and optimizing a nonlinear cost functional, are addressed. Lastly, some two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) simulated examples are presented to demonstrate the method, followed by a discussion of the method's current limitations.
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