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¹State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.

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Area of Science:

Electromagnetism
Materials Science
Artificial Intelligence

Background:

Information metamaterials integrate wave control and information processing.
Inverse design of metamaterials is complex due to vast design spaces.
Current methods lack versatility for diverse electromagnetic functions.

Purpose of the Study:

Develop a versatile generative model for information metamaterial design.
Enable efficient inverse design of meta-atoms and spatial coding arrays.
Transfer learned design principles across various electromagnetic applications.

Main Methods:

Utilized a pretrained diffusion model backbone.
Integrated lightweight, functionality-oriented adapters.
Generated multibit meta-atoms and nonuniform arrays for specific responses.

Main Results:

Successfully generated high-performance meta-atoms and 1-bit/3-bit meta-arrays.
Achieved Gerchberg-Saxton level fidelity in holographic design.
Reduced design runtime by over three orders of magnitude.

Conclusions:

The generative model offers a scalable approach for information-metamaterial discovery.
Demonstrated adaptability across beam steering, focusing, and holography.
Establishes a new paradigm for designing intelligent electromagnetic structures.