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Science 10 January 2014:
Vol. 343 no. 6167 pp. 160-163
DOI: 10.1126/science.1242818
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Performing Mathematical Operations with Metamaterials
Alexandre Silva1,*, Francesco Monticone2,*, Giuseppe Castaldi3, Vincenzo Galdi3, Andrea Alù2, Nader Engheta1,†
+ Author Affiliations
1Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
3Waves Group, Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, Benevento I-82100, Italy.
↵†Corresponding author. E-mail:
engheta@ee.upenn.edu
↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.
ABSTRACTEDITOR'S SUMMARY
We introduce the concept of metamaterial analog computing, based on suitably designed metamaterial blocks that can perform mathematical operations (such as spatial differentiation, integration, or convolution) on the profile of an impinging wave as it propagates through these blocks. Two approaches are presented to achieve such functionality: (i) subwavelength structured metascreens combined with graded-index waveguides and (ii) multilayered slabs designed to achieve a desired spatial Green’s function. Both techniques offer the possibility of miniaturized, potentially integrable, wave-based computing systems that are thinner than conventional lens-based optical signal and data processors by several orders of magnitude.
Received for publication 5 July 2013.
Accepted for publication 12 November 2013.