Method and apparatus for dynamically processing an electromagnetic beam
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsDavid Michael Britz, Robert Raymond Miller, II
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing a terahertz frequency electromagnetic beam are disclosed. For example, the method receives the terahertz frequency electromagnetic beam via a metamaterial having a plurality of addressable magnetic elements, where a resonant frequency of each of the plurality of addressable magnetic elements is capable of being programmably changed via an adjustment, and activates selectively a subset of the plurality of addressable magnetic elements to manipulate the terahertz frequency electromagnetic beam.
Claims20
A method for processing a greater than one millimeter frequency electromagnetic beam, the method comprising:
- modulating, via a processor of a mobile endpoint device, the greater than one millimeter frequency electromagnetic beam to produce a modulated greater than one millimeter frequency electromagnetic beam;
- receiving, via the processor, the modulated greater than one millimeter frequency electromagnetic beam via a metamaterial having a plurality of addressable magnetic elements, where a resonant frequency of each of the plurality of addressable magnetic elements is capable of being programmably changed via an adjustment;
- detecting, via the processor, location information of the modulated greater than one millimeter frequency electromagnetic beam via a plurality of additional magnetic elements of the metamaterial;
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- activating, via the processor, a subset of the plurality of addressable magnetic elements to manipulate the modulated greater than one millimeter frequency electromagnetic beam based upon the location information that is detected.
A mobile endpoint device for manipulating a modulated greater than one millimeter frequency electromagnetic beam, the mobile endpoint device comprising:
- a three-dimensional matrix comprising a stack of programmable two-dimensional metamaterial layers comprising:
- a plurality of addressable magnetic elements, where a resonant frequency of each of the plurality of addressable magnetic elements is capable of being programmably changed via an adjustment;
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- a plurality of additional magnetic elements to detect location information of the modulated greater than one millimeter frequency electromagnetic beam;
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- a controller coupled to the three-dimensional matrix for activating a subset of the plurality of addressable magnetic elements to manipulate the modulated greater than one millimeter frequency electromagnetic beam based upon the location information that is detected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.