Additive Manufactured Multi-Material 3D metasurfaces for broadband achromatic electromagnetic focusing

In this paper, a broadband achromatic focusing metasurface design scheme based on the equivalent circuit theory and optimized by a deep learning method is proposed. The designed metasurface element consists of multilayer metal rings and a grounding layer, and the phase modulation effect of achromati...

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Main Authors: Jiaqi Cai, Li Deng, Jiexin Lai, Shufang Li, Md Ashif Islam Oni, Shuvashis Dey, Yang Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-07-01
Series:Materials & Design
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127525006306
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Summary:In this paper, a broadband achromatic focusing metasurface design scheme based on the equivalent circuit theory and optimized by a deep learning method is proposed. The designed metasurface element consists of multilayer metal rings and a grounding layer, and the phase modulation effect of achromatic aberration in a wide frequency range is realized by precisely controlling the distance between the layers. The preparation of this complex structure is realized by using additive manufacturing technology, which effectively overcomes the limitations of traditional printed circuit board technology in manufacturing complex structures. To further improve the design efficiency, deep conditional generative adversarial network is introduced in this paper to quickly determine the structural parameters and realize the inverse design, which significantly improves the efficiency and accuracy of the metasurface structure design. The experimental results show that the metasurface possesses good focusing performance in the 17 to 35 GHz band with an effective bandwidth utilization of 69.2 %. The design method proposed in this study combines artificial intelligence and additive manufacturing technology, which provides new design ideas for applications in the fields of communication, optics and wireless energy transmission.
ISSN:0264-1275