A mathematical framework for tunable metasurfaces. Part I.

In this paper, a mathematical modeling of the physical mechanism underlying the concept of tunable metasurfaces is provided. The scattering properties of two metasurfaces are analyzed. The considered metasurfaces are designed by placing either a Helmholtz resonator or a pair of Helmholtz resonators in a periodic lattice. The subwavelength resonant properties and the concept of hybridization of Helmholtz resonators are exploited in order to shape the scattered waves in unusual way by such metasurfaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]