
arXiv: 2012.03727
In view of extremely challenging requirements on design and optimization of future mobile communication systems, researchers are considering possibilities of creation intelligent radio environments by using reconfigurable and smart metasurfaces integrated into walls, ceilings, or facades. In this novel communication paradigm, tunable metasurfaces redirect incident waves into the desired directions. In order to design and characterize such smart radio environments in any realistic scenario, it is necessary to know how these metasurfaces behave when illuminated from other directions and how scattering from finite-sized anomalous reflectors can be estimated. We study the angular response of anomalous reflectors for arbitrary illumination angles. Using the surface-impedance model, we explain the dependence of the reflection coefficients of phase-gradient metasurfaces on the illumination angle and present numerical examples for typical structures. We also consider scattering from finite-size metasurfaces and define a route toward including the full-angle response of anomalous reflections into the ray-tracing models of the propagation channel. The developed models apply to other diffraction gratings of finite size.
far-field scattering, reflection coefficient, Impedance, Metasurface, Classical Physics (physics.class-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Physics - Classical Physics, Physics - Applied Physics, Applied Physics (physics.app-ph), Surface impedance, Surface waves, Metasurfaces, Optical surface waves, Scattering, diffraction grating, angular response, ta216, Lighting, Physics - Optics, Optics (physics.optics)
far-field scattering, reflection coefficient, Impedance, Metasurface, Classical Physics (physics.class-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Physics - Classical Physics, Physics - Applied Physics, Applied Physics (physics.app-ph), Surface impedance, Surface waves, Metasurfaces, Optical surface waves, Scattering, diffraction grating, angular response, ta216, Lighting, Physics - Optics, Optics (physics.optics)
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