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Active metasurface for reconfigurable reflectors

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Metasurfaces relying solely on passive unit cells printed on a dielectric substrate present limited characteristics due to their intrinsic dispersions. A metasurface composed of active unit cells incorporating voltage-controlled varactor diodes, where the dispersion responses of the cells can be tailored, is proposed to overcome the limitations of passive metasurfaces. Two functionalities are numerically and experimentally demonstrated from the active metasurface used as an electronically reconfigurable reflector. First, we show that anomalous reflection properties can be produced within a broad frequency range and second, we show that the direction of the reflected beam can be scanned within an angular range.

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B. Ratni acknowledges partial support of his PhD works from Airbus Group Innovations. S. N. Burokur acknowledges funding from the FCS Campus Paris-Saclay through the Innovation et Entrepreneuriat—Prématuration 2014 call for the ‘Antenne active pour internet sur mobile’ (AIM) project.

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  1. Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, C2N-Orsay, 91405, Orsay, France

    Badreddine Ratni & André de Lustrac

  2. UPL, Univ Paris Nanterre, F92410, Ville d’Avray, France

    André de Lustrac

  3. AIRBUS Group Innovations, 92150, Suresnes, France

    Gérard-Pascal Piau

  4. LEME, UPL, Univ Paris Nanterre, F92410, Ville d’Avray, France

    Shah Nawaz Burokur

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Ratni, B., de Lustrac, A., Piau, GP. et al. Active metasurface for reconfigurable reflectors. Appl. Phys. A 124, 104 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-1502-4

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