Simplified equivalent circuit approach for designing time-domain responses of waveform-selective metasurfaces

Abstract

In this study, we demonstrate simplified equivalent circuit models to effectively approximate responses of recently reported waveform-selective metasurfaces that distinguish different electromagnetic waves even at the same frequency depending on their waveforms or pulse widths. Compared to conventional equivalent circuit models that represent behaviors of ordinary metasurfaces in the “frequency” domain, the proposed models enable us to explain how waveform-selective metasurfaces respond in the “time” domain. Our approach well estimates not only time constants of waveform-selective metasurfaces but also their entire time-domain responses. Particularly, this study reports the importance of resistive components of diodes as well as the limitation of our models with respect to the power dependence although still the models effectively work when waveform-selective mechanisms are clearly exhibited with a sufficiently large input power. Thus, the idea of the proposed equivalent circuit models contributes not only to a greater understanding of waveform-selective mechanisms but also to facilitating the design process of such unique structures.