2D Waveguide-Fed Metasurface Antenna Arrays: Modeling and Optimization for Bistatic Sensing

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Main Authors: Gavras, Ioannis, Gavriilidis, Panagiotis, Alexandropoulos, George C.
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Published: 2025
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author Gavras, Ioannis
Gavriilidis, Panagiotis
Alexandropoulos, George C.
author_facet Gavras, Ioannis
Gavriilidis, Panagiotis
Alexandropoulos, George C.
contents This paper presents a physics-consistent framework for bistatic sensing incorporating a 2-Dimensional (2D) waveguide-fed metasurface antenna array capable of realizing eXtremely-Large Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (XL MIMO) apertures. A coupled-dipole model is presented that captures the array's mutual coupling due to both waveguide and free-space interactions, and a novel passivity constraint on the corresponding magnetic polarizabilities is proposed. Focusing on a bistatic sensing setup, we leverage a Neumann-series approximation of the array response model and derive the Cramer-Rao bound for multi-target parameter estimation, which is then incorporated into a sensing optimization formulation with respect to the metasurface's per-element resonance strength configuration. Simulation results on the position error bound in the radiative near field with the proposed design quantify the critical role of metamaterial placement in strongly coupled metasurface-based XL MIMO bistatic sensing systems.
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spellingShingle 2D Waveguide-Fed Metasurface Antenna Arrays: Modeling and Optimization for Bistatic Sensing
Gavras, Ioannis
Gavriilidis, Panagiotis
Alexandropoulos, George C.
Signal Processing
This paper presents a physics-consistent framework for bistatic sensing incorporating a 2-Dimensional (2D) waveguide-fed metasurface antenna array capable of realizing eXtremely-Large Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (XL MIMO) apertures. A coupled-dipole model is presented that captures the array's mutual coupling due to both waveguide and free-space interactions, and a novel passivity constraint on the corresponding magnetic polarizabilities is proposed. Focusing on a bistatic sensing setup, we leverage a Neumann-series approximation of the array response model and derive the Cramer-Rao bound for multi-target parameter estimation, which is then incorporated into a sensing optimization formulation with respect to the metasurface's per-element resonance strength configuration. Simulation results on the position error bound in the radiative near field with the proposed design quantify the critical role of metamaterial placement in strongly coupled metasurface-based XL MIMO bistatic sensing systems.
title 2D Waveguide-Fed Metasurface Antenna Arrays: Modeling and Optimization for Bistatic Sensing
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09254