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Abstract

In this paper, a new method is proposed for failure diagnosis of programmable metasurfaces, which jointly uses the single-point measurement strategy and Bernoulli-Gaussian (BG) prior. Specifically, leveraging the dynamic tuning property of programmable metasurfaces, the radiated fields is measured with a single fixed probe, therefore reducing the time and error of the measurement process. Moreover, the BG prior inherent in the programmable metasurface under test is exploited during the reconstruction process in order to perform the diagnosis with a small number of measurements without resorting to prior knowledge of the radiation pattern of the failure-free programmable metasurface. The accuracy, efficiency and robustness of the proposed method are verified through a set of representative numerical experiments, where the results are compared with those from existing diagnostic methods.

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Dr. Fang-Fang Wang

Dr. Wei Cheng

Dr. Yiqian Mao

Prof. Qing Huo Liu