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Dual-mode hyperbolicity, supercanalization, and leakage in self-complementary metasurfaces
Enrica Martini1, Federico Giusti1, Alice Benini1
1Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)
|December 5, 2024
Summary
Anisotropic Self-Complementary Metasurfaces (SC-MTSs) offer unique hyperbolic dispersion properties. These metasurfaces can be engineered into dual-polarized leaky-wave antennas by controlling strip impedances.
Area of Science:
- Electromagnetics and Metamaterials
- Surface Wave Physics
Background:
- Anisotropic Self-Complementary Metasurfaces (SC-MTSs) are engineered structures featuring alternating complementary inductive and capacitive strips.
- These structures exhibit self-duality based on Babinet's principle and support dual-polarized surface waves.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the dispersion characteristics of SC-MTSs.
- To explore the potential of SC-MTSs for designing novel antenna applications.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of isofrequency dispersion curves for surface wave modes.
- Theoretical investigation of hyperbolic dispersion and its degeneration into linear behavior.
Main Results:
- SC-MTSs support two orthogonally polarized surface-wave modes with identical phase velocities along principal directions.
- Isofrequency curves are hyperbolic, classifying these as hyperbolic MTSs.
- Degeneration of hyperbolic curves into near-linear lines was observed, indicating constant energy transport direction.
Conclusions:
- SC-MTSs exhibit tunable hyperbolic or near-linear dispersion.
- The ability to control energy transport direction makes SC-MTSs suitable for designing dual-polarized leaky-wave antennas.
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