Abstract

We investigate an anomalous scattering phenomenon exhibited by a lossless system based on metasurfaces. Electromagnetic energy is neither reflected nor transmitted but stored within the system to be available again at a different time. We analytically derive the proper excitation conditions and verify the response of the system through a proper set of full-wave simulations, demonstrating the key role of the metasurface in enabling such a zero-scattering condition. The practical feasibility and the opportunities offered by the proposed metasurface-based system may open the door to the design of virtual absorbers with dynamic properties in energy absorbing, storing, and releasing.

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