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Penn State CEARL

A Metamaterial-enabled Design Enhancing Decades-old Short Backfire Antenna Technology for Space Applications
Authors: J. Daniel Binion, Erik Lier, Thomas H. Hand, Zhi Hao Jiang, and Douglas H. Werner

Shown Right: View of assembled A-SBFA showing 3D-printed aluminum cavity, feed antenna, subreflector, and copper metasurface etched on a thin substrate. Click here to view the academic paper

Fabrication and Characteriztaion of Multiband Polarization Independent 3-D Printed Frequency Selective Structures With UltraWide Fields of View
Authors: Danny Z. Zhu, Micah D. Gregory, Ping L. Werner, and Douglas H. Werner

Shown Right: Fully populated 24×48 C-band 3-D FSS array encapsulated in Sylgard-527. Click here to view the academic paper

Apochromatic Singlets Enabled by Metasurface-Augmented GRIN Lenses
Authors: Joe Nagar, Sawyer D. Campbell, and Douglas H. Werner

Shown Right: Comparison of chromatic focal drifts from (a) conventional homogeneous lens and (b) three-color corrected metasurface-augmented GRIN lens. Click here to view the academic paper

Conformal Metasurface Coating Eliminates Crosstalk and Shrinks Waveguides
Authors: Zhi Hao Jiang, Lei Kang, and Douglas H. Werner

Shown Right: A novel metasurface coating controls the diverse optical properties of dielectric waveguides. This material offers new pathways for future miniaturization of dielectric waveguide-based systems with simultaneous polarization and scattering control. Click here to view the academic paper

Hybrid Metamaterials for Electrically Triggered Multifunctional Control
Authors: Liu Liu, Lei Kang, Theresa S. Mayer, Douglas H. Werner

Shown Right: Infrared image of metadevice composed of vanadium dioxide with gold patterned mesh. Reflectivity of the device can be controlled by varying the current passed through the device. Click here to view the academic paper

Dielectric Nanoresonator Based Lossless Optical Perfect Magnetic Mirror with Near-Zero Reflection Phase
Authors: L. Lin, Z. Jiang, D. Ma, S. Yun, Z. Liu, D. Werner, and T. Mayer

Shown Right: Tilted view of FESEM image for the fabricated all-dielectric magnetic mirror showing well-defined a-Si nanoresonator array. Click here to view the academic paper

Functionalized Metamaterials Enable Frequency and Polarization Agility in a Miniaturized Lightweight Antenna Package
Authors: Clinton P. Scarborough, Douglas H. Werner, Douglas E. Wolfe

Shown Right: New compact antenna based on an artificially magnetic conducting metasurface composed of an array of compact intertwined tunable unit cells. Click here to view the press release. Click here to view the academic paper

Evolving Random Fractal Cantor Superlattices for the Infrared using a Genetic Algorithm
Authors: Jeremy A. Bossard, Lan Lin, Douglas H. Werner

Shown Right: Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image showing a cross section of ribbonfish skin. Scale bar, 5 µm. Click here to view the press release. Click here to view the academic paper

Quasi-Three-Dimensional Angle-Tolerant Electromagnetic Illusion Using Ultrathin Metasurface Coatings
Authors: Zhi Hao Jiang and Douglas H. Werner

Shown Right: Transforming the scattering signature of a dielectric cylinder into that of a conducting cylinder. Click here to view the academic paper

Tuning the Optical Response of a Dimer Nanoantenna Using Plasmonic Nanoring Loads
Authors: Anastasios H. Panaretos, Yu A. Yuwen, Douglas H. Werner, and Theresa S. Mayer

Shown Right: SEM image of dimer with nanoring load. The white scale bar corresponds to a 100 nm length. Click here to view the academic paper

Handedness Dependent Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in Hybrid Chiral Metamaterials
Authors: Lei Kang, Zhi Hao Jiang, Taiwei Yue, and Douglas H. Werner

Shown Right: Schematic illustrating the propagation of pulses consisting of circularly polarized waves of the opposite handedness. Click here to view the academic paper

Tailoring Dispersion for Broadband Low-loss Optical Metamaterials Using Deep-subwavelength Inclusions
Authors: Zhi Hao Jiang, Seokho Yun, Lan Lin, Jeremy A. Bossard, Douglas H. Werner

Shown Right: FESEM image of a portion of the freestanding nanofabricated modified fishnet nanostructure. Scale bar: 1 μm. Click here to view the academic paper

Restoring Intrinsic Properties of Electromagnetic Radiators Using Ultralightweight Integrated Metasurface Cloaks
Authors: Zhi Hao Jiang, Peter E. Sieber, Lei Kang and Douglas H. Werner

Shown Right: A photograph of fabricated monopole radiators coated by the assembled metasurface cloaks. Click here to view the academic paper

A Compact, Low-Profile Metasurface-Enabled Antenna for Wearable Medical Body-Area Network Devices
Authors: Zhi Hao Jiang, Donovan E. Brocker, Peter E. Seiber, and Douglas H. Werner

Shown Right: Structurally deformed integrated metasurface-enabled antenna placed on different parts of the human body. Click here to view the academic paper

Broadband Asymmetric Transmission of Linearly Polarized Mid-Infrared Light Based on Quasi-3D Metamaterials
Authors: Eric B. Whiting, Michael D. Goldflam, Lei Kang, Michael B. Sinclair, Katherine M. Musick, Sawyer D. Campbell, D. Bruce Burckel, and Douglas H. Werner

A combination of a genetic algorithm (GA) based optimization method and a membrane projection lithography (MPL) fabrication approach enables a quasi-three-dimensional (quasi-3D) metamaterial for broadband AT of linearly polarized mid-infrared light. Click here to view the academic paper




New Faculty Positions Posted

Seeking Qualified Candidates for Post-Doc Positions

New Undergraduate Opportunites Available

CEARL Higlighted in the Press

New Book Released on Electromagnetic Vortices: Wave Phenomena and Engineering Applications

New Book Released on Nanoantennas and Plasmonics: Design and Fabrication

New Book Released on Transformation Electromagnetics and Metamaterials

New Book Released on the Electromagnetics of Body Area Networks

New Book Released on Broadband Metamaterials in Electromagnetics

New Feature Issue Released on Advanced Computational Nanophotonics

New Special Cluster Released on Machine Learning Applications in Electromagnetics, Antennas, and Propagation


Dr. Douglas H. Werner, Director
John L. and Genevieve H. McCain Chair Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University