A New Homogenization-Free Boundary Condition Towards Aperiodic Metasurface Design Using Full-Wave Surrogate Models of Printed Circuits

A new homogenization-free boundary condition is introduced for the design of metasurfaces. The boundary condition, linking the tangential electric field to the induced surface current density within a unit cell, is described as a matrix equation containing a surrogate model of a printed circuit. Full-wave simulations are performed to construct the data needed to capture the physics of a printed circuit’s response to exciting fields in terms of its induced current density. The matrix equation takes the form of a boundary condition which can be included in design and optimization algorithms incorporating mutual coupling in the form of an impedance matrix. Modelling the metasurface in this manner allows for direct design of the realizable model avoiding any homogenization or locally periodic approximations leading to a paradigm shift in metasurface design approaches. The surrogate model’s construction is described and its use in a 50 printed circuit example is provided.