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  • Metasurface technology
  • Antenna engineering
  • Microwave photonics

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  • Metasurfaces (MTSs) are key for miniaturized microwave devices.
  • MTS antennas, especially surface wave types, are crucial for communications.
  • Photosensitive substrates offer unexplored potential for MTS applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To pioneer the use of photosensitive substrates in MTS antenna design.
  • To present a novel modulated metasurface antenna on silicon.
  • To demonstrate optical control over antenna gain.

Main Methods:

  • Design of a modulated metasurface on a silicon substrate.
  • Characterization of the metasurface as a Ka-band surface wave antenna.
  • Experimental validation of optical modulation of antenna gain.

Main Results:

  • Achieved time-modulated gain variance up to 15 dB.
  • Operated under low-power optical illumination (below 1 W/cm²) at 971 nm.
  • Demonstrated the antenna as a direct optical-to-microwave signal transducer.

Conclusions:

  • Photosensitive silicon substrates enable novel MTS antenna functionalities.
  • Optical modulation offers a new paradigm for dynamic antenna gain control.
  • This technology paves the way for integrated optoelectronic microwave systems.