Topological Metasurfaces in Local Area Networks

拟议的研究计划旨在创造一种自粘性胶带，这种胶带对高频无线电波具有“粘性”，可以沿着其表面沿着强力引导。相对较新的拓扑超材料领域已经证明了这种表面波导的可能性。然而，所提出的解决方案需要克服相当大的困难，例如创建有效的“互连”信号源，尽可能避免波导中的能量耗散，创建连接起来形成网络的兼容组件，以及实现与室内发射机的无缝集成。我们的目标是在WiGig频率上实现所有这些，以避免引入进一步的容量瓶颈。

The proposed research programme aims to create a self-adhesive tape which is "sticky" for high frequency radio waves that can be guided along its surface robustly. The relatively new field of topological metamaterials has already demonstrated the possibility of such surface waveguides. However, the proposed solution needs to overcome considerable difficulties such as creating efficient "interconnects" signal sources, avoiding energy dissipation in the guides as much as possible, creating compatible components that join up to form a network and achieving seamless integration with room-based transmitters. We aim to achieve all these at the WiGig frequencies to avoid introducing further capacity bottlenecks.