Metasurfaces and Metamaterials for Electromagnetic Wave Manipulation

Name (Acronym)

Metasurfaces and Metamaterials for Electromagnetic Wave Manipulation (EWM)
Date

29 May - 30 May 2025
(15 hours)
Teacher(s)

OLIVERI Giacomo, SALAS SANCHEZ Aaron Angel
Contact E-mail

2025.MAII.EWM.UniTN.TRENTO.IT@eledia.org
ECTS

3
Syllabus

ESSE3 Page
Institution

M3 Postgraduate Program, University of Trento
Study Program

Postgraduate Program Multifunctional Metamaterials and Metastructures [MAII M3]
Degree

Postgraduate
Language

English
Tracks

Fields and Waves ("Advanced EM Technologies"), Wave Manipulations and Artificial/Smart Materials

ABSTRACT

Artificial surfaces, metasurfaces, and Electromagnetic Skins are artificial sheet materials with sub-wavelength thickness that enable to control the properties of the transmitted/reflected waves according to the designer's specifications. Thanks to their electromagnetic and geometrical properties, these are among the most important technologies for the development of next generation wireless communications and sensing applications. The course aims at providing the fundamentals of Surface Electromagnetics theory and concepts, along with an overview of the most effective analysis/synthesis techniques and their most appealing/emerging applications in advanced engineering fields. Applicative examples including CAD exercises will corroborate the theoretical concepts.

COURSE FORMAT

The Course is taught in 🇬🇧️ ENGLISH and offered

On-site
On-line (synchronous and asynchronous)

with video recordings, hand-outs, etc. of the lectures available off-line (*).

COURSE CONTENT

Surface equivalence theorem and the concept of Surface Electromagnetics
Electromagnetic propagation through surface structures and 2D boundary conditions
Uniform surfaces, periodic and aperiodic boundary conditions and devices
The Generalized Snell’s laws for reflection and refraction
Electromagnetic wave manipulation using static/dynamic 2D artificial skins in transmission and in reflection
Applications for 6G communications and next-generation sensing systems

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Theoretical Lessons
e-Xam Self Assessment (each teaching class or periodically)
SW/HW Emulator Exercises
e-Xam Final Assessment

FURTHER READINGS

F. Yang, D. Erricolo and A. Massa, "Guest Editorial Smart Electromagnetic Environment," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 70, no. 10, pp. 8687-8690, Oct. 2022.

For further references please contact the Teacher(s).

(*) Each registered participant acknowledges that the material distributed in the frame of the course, available for the duration of one academic year, is protected by copyright and delivered for educational purposes and personal use only. The participant agrees and undertakes not to forward, publish, disclose, distribute, disseminate - in any form or manner - such a material without written consent of the author(s) of the material. Unless otherwise explicitly allowed by the speaker in written form, no recordings of the online lectures can be made.