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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2011
Sameer Sonkusale, Arlington, MA (US);
Willie John Padilla, Newton, MA (US);
Saroj Rout, Nashua, NH (US);
Sameer Sonkusale, Arlington, MA (US);
Willie John Padilla, Newton, MA (US);
Saroj Rout, Nashua, NH (US);
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Medford, MA (US);
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling propagation of an electromagnetic wave includes a metamaterial having an array of cells, each cell containing a metallic structure having a resonant frequency; a plurality of devices integrated in the metamaterial, each of said devices being in electrical communication with a metallic structure in a cell in the array of cells; and a controller for electrically activating each of said plurality of devices to cause said resonant frequency to change, thereby causing at least one of a permeability and permittivity of the metamaterial to change.