Topological Metasurfaces in Local Area Networks

这项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来说是“粘性的”，可以沿着其表面牢固地引导。拓扑超材料这一相对较新的领域已经证明了这种表面光波导的可能性。然而，拟议的解决方案需要克服相当大的困难，例如创建高效的“互连”信号源，尽可能避免导轨中的能量消耗，创建连接成网络的兼容组件，以及实现与房间发射机的无缝集成。我们的目标是在WiGig频率上实现所有这些，以避免引入更多的容量瓶颈。

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.