摘要
Information metamaterials and metasurfaces are artificial structures composed of meta-atoms integrated with active tunable devices,which can tightly combine the physical and digital spaces.The digital coding representation of the information metamaterials and metasurfaces can also introduce the concepts,theories,and signal processing methods in information science to the physical metamaterials and metasurfaces,thereby realizing effective controls of electromagnetic waves.In addition to manipulating the electromagnetic waves,the information metamaterials and metasurfaces can also process and modulate digital information.Hence,this concept has been emerging as an entirely new system of metamaterials and metasurfaces,which can provide unprecedented opportunities for achieving theoretical breakthroughs and new research methodologies,and building up novel electronic information platforms to revolutionize the traditional methods and functionalities in the applications of wireless communication,sensing,imaging,and radar systems.
作者简介
Corresponding author:Tie Jun Cui.Tie Jun Cui is the Chief Professor of Southeast University.He is also Founding Director of the Institute of Electromagnetice Space,Southeast University.Prof.Cu's research interests include metamaterias and computational dectromagnetics.He propased the concepts of digital coding and programmable metamaterials,and realized their first prototypes,based on which he founded the new direction of information metamaterials,bridging the physical world and digital world.He has published ower 600 peer-review journal papers,whi ch have beencited by more than 50,000 times,and licensed over 90 patents.Dr.Cui was awarded a Research Fellowship fom the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation,Bonn,Germany,in 1995,received a Young Scientist Award from the Intermational UnionofRadio Science in 1999,was awarded a Cheung Kong Professor by the Ministy of Education,China,in 2001,and received the National Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2002 Dr.Cui received the Natural Science Award(fust class)from the Ministry of Education,China,in 2011,and the National Natural Science Awards of China(secondclass,twice),in 2014 and 2018,respectively.Prof.Cui serves as an Associate Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Information and Itelligence.Prof.Cui is the Academician of Chinese Academy of Saience,and IEEE Fellow.E-mail address:tjcui@seu.edu.cn;Long Li is a Professor in the School of Electronic Engineering,Xidian University.Prof.li is the Director of Key Laboratory of High-Speed Circuit Design and EMC,Ministary of Education,China,and the Vice Dean of the School of Electronic Engineering,Xidian University.His research interests include metamaterials and metasurfaces,antennas and microwave devices,field-dircuit collaborative design and EMC,wireless power transtfer and harvesting technology,and OAM vortex waves.He has authored or co-authored over 180 papers in jounals and held more than 50 patents.Dr.li was awarded a Fellowship from the Japan Sociaty for the Promotion of Sdience JSPS)in 2006,and Distinguished Young Scholars Foundation of Shaanxi Province of China in 2019.Prof.Li was awarded a Chang Jiang Distinguished Professor by the Ministry of Education,China,in 2021.Prof.li is the Vice President of MTT-Chapter in IEEE Xi'an Section.He is a TPC Co-Chair of APCAP2017 and a General Co-Chair of AWPT2019.He serves a an Assodiate Editor of EEE AWPL,Associate Editor of ACES Journal,and Associate Editor-in-Chief of Jounal of Information and Itelligence.Prof.li is the IEEE Sanior Member and ET Fellow.E-mail address:lilong@mail.xidian.edu.cn;Rui Zhang is a Principal's Diligence Chair Pofessor in School of Sdience and Engineering,The Chinese University of Hong Kong,Shenzhen His current research interests include U AV/satellite communication,wirdess informa tion and power transfer,multiuser MIMO,smart and reconfigurable environment,and opti mizationmethods.He has published over 450 papers,which have been cited more than 60,000 times.He has been listed in the Worlds Most Influential Scientific Minds,also known as a Highly Cited Researcher,by Thomson Reuters since 2015.He was the co-recipient of the IFE Marconi Prize Paper Award in Wireless Communications in 2015,the IFE Communications Society Asia-Pacific Region Best Paper Award in 2016,the EEE Signal Procesing Society Best Paper Award in 2016,the EEE Communications Sodiety Hinrich Hertz Prize Paper Award in 2017,the IEEE Signal Processing Sodiety Donald G.Fink Overview Paper Award in 2017,and the IEEE Technical Committee on Green Communica tions&Computing(TCG0C)Best Journal Paper Award in 2017.He received the 2021 IEEE Communications Signal Processing and Computing(SPCC)Technology Award.Prof.Zhang is the Academician of the Singapore Academy of Engineering,and IEEE Fellow.E-mail address:elezhang@nus.edu.sg.
