Tunable Graphene-based Metasurfaces for Multi-Wideband 6G Communications

• Published in: 2022 Sixteenth International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena (Metamaterials) pp. 434 - 436
• Main Authors: Taghvaee, H., Pitilakis, A., Tsilipakos, O., Tasolamprou, A. C., Kantartzis, N. V., Kafesaki, M., Cabellos-Aparicio, A., Alarcon, E., Abadal, S., Gradoni, G.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 12-09-2022
• Subjects: 6G mobile communication; Attenuation; Receivers; Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces; Spectral efficiency; Voltage; Wireless communication
• DOI: 10.1109/Metamaterials54993.2022.9920752

The next generation of wireless communications within the framework of 6G will be operational at the low THz frequency band. Although THz systems will dramatically enhance several performance indicators such as the data rate, spectral efficiency, and latency, exploiting such technology is challenging. Electromagnetic waves confront severe propagation losses including atmospheric attenuation and diffraction. Thus, such communications are limited to line-of-sight scenarios. In 5G networks, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) are intro-duced to solve this issue by redirecting the incident wave toward the receiver and implement virtual-line-of-sight communications. In this paper, we aim to employ this paradigm for 6G networks and design a graphene-based RIS optimized to perform at multiple low atmospheric attenuation channels. We investigate the performance of this multi-wideband design through numerical and analytical analysis.