Current-diffusion model for metasurface structure discoveries with spatial-frequency dynamics
摘要
In AI-driven metamaterials discovery, designing metasurfaces requires extrapolation to unexplored performance regimes to discover new structures. Here we introduce MetaAI, a physics-aware current-diffusion framework that synergizes spatial topologies and frequency-domain responses to discover non-intuitive metasurface architectures. Unlike conventional inverse design constrained by predefined specifications, MetaAI operates as a performance synthesizer by generating electrical current distributions that bridge electromagnetic performance and metasurface structures. This enables both in-distribution and out-of-distribution targets with diverse topologies. The core innovation of the proposed framework lies in its dual-domain diffusion module, which directly correlates meta-atom current mechanisms with electromagnetic behaviours to enable the discovery of structures with 17.2% wider operational bandwidths. We validate MetaAI across single-layer, multilayer and dynamically tunable metasurfaces, demonstrating out-of-distribution generalization across full-wave simulations and experimental prototypes.