Silva, Alexandre; Monticone, Francesco; Castaldi, Giuseppe; Galdi, Vincenzo; Alù, Andrea; Engheta, Nader Performing mathematical operations with metamaterials. (English) Zbl 1355.68098 Science 343, No. 6167, 160-163 (2014). Summary: We introduce the concept of metamaterial analog computing, based on suitably designed metamaterial blocks that can perform mathematical operations (such as spatial differentiation, integration, or convolution) on the profile of an impinging wave as it propagates through these blocks. Two approaches are presented to achieve such functionality: (i) subwavelength structured metascreens combined with graded-index waveguides and (ii) multilayered slabs designed to achieve a desired spatial Green’s function. Both techniques offer the possibility of miniaturized, potentially integrable, wave-based computing systems that are thinner than conventional lens-based optical signal and data processors by several orders of magnitude. Cited in 4 Documents MSC: 68Q05 Models of computation (Turing machines, etc.) (MSC2010) 68Q10 Modes of computation (nondeterministic, parallel, interactive, probabilistic, etc.) PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{A. Silva} et al., Science 343, No. 6167, 160--163 (2014; Zbl 1355.68098) Full Text: DOI