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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Computational Electromagnetics
    • Materials Science

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    • Calculating electromagnetic fields after light interacts with metasurfaces often requires computationally expensive methods like the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method.
    • Scaling FDTD simulations to large metasurface areas becomes computationally prohibitive due to high model detail and simulation time requirements.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a computationally efficient method for approximating the vectorial electromagnetic fields generated by large-area metasurfaces.
    • To reduce the computational resources needed for metasurface design and analysis.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing the results from a Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) simulation of a single metasurface unit cell.
    • Extrapolating unit cell simulation data to approximate the electromagnetic fields of larger metasurface structures.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed method provides a good approximation of the vectorial field generated by large-area metasurfaces.
    • This approach significantly reduces the computational resources compared to full-scale FDTD simulations.

    Conclusions:

    • The unit cell simulation approach offers a viable and efficient intermediate design step for metasurface development.
    • This method allows for the rapid identification or discarding of potentially interesting metasurface designs before extensive simulations.