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Morphogenetic metasurfaces: unlocking the potential of Turing patterns

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  • Thomas Fromenteze

    (University of Limoges, CNRS, XLIM, UMR 7252)

  • Okan Yurduseven

    (Queen’s University Belfast)

  • Chidinma Uche

    (University of Limoges, CNRS, XLIM, UMR 7252)

  • Eric Arnaud

    (University of Limoges, CNRS, XLIM, UMR 7252)

  • David R. Smith

    (Duke University)

  • Cyril Decroze

    (University of Limoges, CNRS, XLIM, UMR 7252)

Abstract

The reaction-diffusion principle imagined by Alan Turing in an attempt to explain the structuring of living organisms is leveraged in this work for the procedural synthesis of radiating metasurfaces. The adaptation of this morphogenesis technique ensures the growth of anisotropic cellular patterns automatically arranged to satisfy local electromagnetic constraints, facilitating the radiation of waves controlled in frequency, space, and polarization. Experimental validations of this method are presented, designing morphogenetic metasurfaces radiating far-field circularly polarized beams and generating a polarization-multiplexed hologram in the radiative near-field zone. The exploitation of morphogenesis-inspired models proves particularly well suited for solving generative design problems, converting global physical constraints into local interactions of simulated chemical reactants ensuring the emergence of self-organizing meta-atoms.

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  • Thomas Fromenteze & Okan Yurduseven & Chidinma Uche & Eric Arnaud & David R. Smith & Cyril Decroze, 2023. "Morphogenetic metasurfaces: unlocking the potential of Turing patterns," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-41775-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41775-9
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    1. Niels Aage & Erik Andreassen & Boyan S. Lazarov & Ole Sigmund, 2017. "Giga-voxel computational morphogenesis for structural design," Nature, Nature, vol. 550(7674), pages 84-86, October.
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