Relevant Research Progress of Metamaterial and Metasurface

Dear Colleagues,

Metamaterial can be defined as a new type of material that can achieve abnormal electromagnetic properties; specifically, it is an effective homogeneous material composed of an artificial structural unit arrangement. It is named "metamaterial" because of its transcendental physical properties compared to traditional natural materials. The description of metamaterial, a new type of artificial electromagnetic microstructure material, as "new" does not mean that it is a new material form in a literal sense, but a new innovative concept using conventional material combination design. A metasurface is a planar array composed of sub-wavelength superatoms, whose geometric structure and spatial arrangement can be precisely designed according to the target phase distribution, which can flexibly regulate the amplitude, phase, polarization state and angular momentum of the optical field. It has important application value in optical imaging, optical measurement, optical communication, optical display, optical micromanipulation and other fields. Metamaterials and metasurface technologies will play a very important role in the future information age. Whether in communications, energy or medical fields, these two technologies have a wide range of applications. However, their respective development directions and application scenarios are also different. For metamaterials, the focus is on developing better microstructures and applying them to a wider range of fields. For metasurface technology, the focus is on achieving high efficiency in application and commercialization.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

1. Metamaterial;
2. Metasurface;
3. Microstructure;
4. Microwave, terahertz, infrared and optics;
5. All dielectric metamaterials and metasurface;
6. Metal metamaterials and metasurface;
7. Theory of metamaterials and metasurface;
8. Application of metamaterials and metasurface.

Dr. Chenxia Li
Dr. Xufeng Jing
Guest Editors

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• metamaterial
• metasurface
• photonics
• intelligent
• reconfigurable