Floquet-Mode Solutions of Space-Time Modulated Huygens' Metasurfaces

Abstract

A rigorous Floquet mode analysis is proposed for a zero thickness space-time modulated Huygens' metasurface to model and determine the strengths of the new harmonic components of the scattered fields. The proposed method is based on Generalized Sheet Transition Conditions (GSTCs) treating a metasurface as a spatial discontinuity. The metasurface is described in terms of Lorentzian electric and magnetic surface susceptibilities, $\chi_\text{ee}$ and $\chi_\text{mm}$, respectively, and its resonant frequencies are periodically modulated in both space and time. The unknown scattered fields are then expressed in terms of Floquet modes, which when used with the GSTCs, lead to a system of field matrix equations. The resulting set of linear equations are then solved numerically to determine the total scattered fields. Using a finite-difference time domain (FDTD) solver, the proposed method is validated and confirmed for several examples of modulation depths ($\Delta_p$) and frequencies ($\omega_p$). Finally, the computed steady-state scattered fields are Fourier propagated analytically, for visualization of refracted harmonics. The proposed method is simple and versatile and able to determine the steady-state response of a space-time modulated Huygen's metasurface, for arbitrary modulation frequencies and depths.