Lab on Metasurfaces for Smart Electromagnetic Environment

Objectives
In a Smart Electromagnetic Environment (SEME), the environment is no more an obstacle to wireless signals, but instead enables controlling and tailoring the propagation of electromagnetic waves thanks to the use of smart devices. In this framework, the laboratory aims at providing the methodological and technical skills and knowledge for the design, synthesis, and validation of artificial surfaces, metasurfaces, and Electromagnetic Skins, both static and reconfigurable, for the development of next generation wireless communications and sensing applications in the SEME vision. During the lab, computer-guided exercises will be carried out for the electromagnetic modeling, simulation, and numerical validation of such smart devices using commercial SW tools.

Topics
Numerical modeling of periodic structures
Periodic boundary conditions and modeling of Floquet ports
Simulation of scattering matrices and evauation of tensorial response
Design and analysis of static and reconfigurable Electromagnetic Skins
Modeling and simulation of Electromagnetic Skins in complex indoor/outdoor environments
Analysis of electromagnetic coverage in SEME scenarios

Required Skills
Course of “Foundations of Electromagnetic Waves” and of “Metasurfaces and Metamaterials for Electromagnetic Wave Manipulation”.

Course Modality and Verification of Learning
The classes will be given in hybrid (i.e., onsite and online) format. The teaching activity includes SW/HW emulator exercises.
The exam consists in the development and presentation of a project assignment.