Manipulation of surface waves through metasurfaces. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mario Junior Mencagli.
• Authors: Mencagli, Mario Junior
• Contents: Intro; Supervisor's Foreword; Parts of this thesis have been published in the following articles and chapters; Journal Paper; Book Chapter; Conference Proceedings; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Background on Electromagnetic Metasurfaces; 1.2 Motivation; 1.3 Thesis Outline; References; 2 Surface Wave Dispersion for Anisotropic Metasurfaces Constituted by Elliptical Patches; 2.1 Analytic Basis Functions; 2.1.1 Problem Geometry; 2.1.2 Circular Patches; 2.1.3 Elliptical Patches; 2.2 Spectral Analysis; 2.2.1 MoM Matrix Entries; 2.2.2 Anisotropic MTS Impedance 2.2.3 Homogenized MTS-Impedance Approximation2.2.4 Dispersion Equation of the Dominant SW Mode; 2.3 Numerical Results; 2.4 Chapter Summary; References; 3 Closed-Form Representation of Metasurface Reactance and Isofrequency Dispersion Curve; 3.1 Dispersion Equation; 3.1.1 Equivalent Capacitance; 3.1.2 Closed Form Formulas for Quasi-static Capacitance; 3.1.3 Frequency (Phasings) Regions; 3.2 Low Frequency and Transition Regions; 3.2.1 Low Frequency Approximation; 3.2.2 Cardano's Transition Function; 3.2.3 Simple Non-uniform Approximation 3.2.4 Identification of the Limits of the Frequency Regions3.3 FB Region Correction; 3.4 TE Dispersion Close to Its Cut-Off Frequency; 3.5 Comparison with Full-Wave Analysis; 3.6 Extension to Anisotropic MTS; 3.6.1 Approximation of the IDCs; 3.6.2 Phase and Group Velocities; 3.7 Numerical Results; 3.8 Chapter Summary; References; 4 Flat Optics for Surface Waves; 4.1 Flat Optics for Isotropic MTSs; 4.1.1 Eikonal Equation; 4.1.2 Ray Tracing and Phase Velocity; 4.1.3 Poynting Vector; 4.1.4 Transport of Energy Equation; 4.2 Flat Optics for Anisotropic MTSs; 4.2.1 Eikonal Equation 4.2.2 Poynting Vector4.2.3 Ray Tracing and Ray Velocity; 4.2.4 Transport of Energy Equation; 4.3 Flat Transformation Optics; 4.3.1 Rays and Wavefronts; 4.3.2 Conformal and Quasi-conformal Mappings; 4.4 Comparison with Full-Wave Analysis; 4.5 Synthesis of Modulated IBC; 4.5.1 Luneburg and Maxwell's Fish-Eye Lens; 4.5.2 Modified Luneburg Lens; 4.5.3 Beam Bender; 4.5.4 Beam Splitter; 4.6 Chapter Summary; References; 5 Basic Properties of Checkerboard Metasurfaces; 5.1 Connected Patch Transmission Lines; 5.2 Experimental Results; 5.2.1 CBMS Transmission Lines; 5.2.2 CBMS Patch Antennas 5.2.3 Preliminary Results for Optically Tunable CBMS5.3 Chapter Summary; References; 6 Conclusion; 6.1 Summary of Contributions; 6.2 Future Directions; References; Author Biography; Asymptotic Evaluation of Grounded Slab Green's Function; Derivation of the Validity Conditions for Homogenization of the MTS-Impedance; Solution of Third-Degree Algebraic Equation Relevant to Impenetrable Impedance of Isotropic MTS; MFE and LL Differential Geometry
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 106 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 530.12/4; Wave mechanics; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030140342; 3030140342
• Related ISBNs: 9783030140335
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 12, 2019).
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