Electromagnetic Metasurfaces

Discover a comprehensive exploration of recent developments and fundamental concepts in the applications of metasurfaces.

In Electromagnetic Metasurfaces: Theory and Applications, distinguished researchers and authors Karim Achouri and Christophe Caloz deliver an introduction to the fundamentals and applications of metasurfaces and an insightful analysis of recent and future developments in the field. The book describes the precursors and history of metasurfaces before continuing on to an exploration of the physical insights that can be gleaned from the material parameters of the metasurface.

You’ll learn how to compute the fields scattered by a metasurface with known material parameters being illuminated by an arbitrary incident field, as well as how to realize a practical metasurface and relate its material parameters to its physical structures. The authors provide examples to illustrate all the concepts discussed in the book to improve and simplify reader understanding.

Electromagnetic Metasurfaces concludes with an incisive discussion of the likely future directions and research opportunities in the field.

Readers will also benefit from the inclusion of:

• A thorough introduction to metamaterials, the concept of metasurfaces, and metasurface precursors
• An exploration of electromagnetic modeling and theory, including metasurfaces as zero-thickness sheets and bianisotropic susceptibility tensors
• A practical discussion of susceptibility synthesis, including four-parameters synthesis, more than four-parameters synthesis, and the addition of susceptibility components
• A concise treatment of scattered-field analysis, including approximate analytical methods, and finite-difference frequency-domain techniques

Perfect for researchers in metamaterial sciences and engineers working with microwave, THz, and optical technologies, Electromagnetic Metasurfaces: Theory and Applications will also earn a place in the libraries of graduate and undergraduate students in physics and electrical engineering.

KARIM ACHOURI, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Laboratory of Nanophotonics and Metrology at École Polytechnique de Montréal. He obtained his PhD from the same institution in electrical engineering in 2017. His research focus is on metamaterials, metasurfaces, photonics and optical systems.

CHRISTOPHE CALOZ, PhD, is Full Professor at École Polytechnique de Montréal, the holder of a Canada Research Chair Tier-I and Head of the Electromagnetics Research Group. He has authored or co-authored over 700 technical conference, letter, and journal papers, as well as 13 books and book chapters.