Each stage exists to enable the next: the printer builds what the metamaterial needs to hold its shape at the right scale; the metamaterial does the actual frequency work; the transmission stage is what all of it is for.
3D printing & precision modeling
The foundation of the whole project: producing the fine, repeatable lattice geometry that a working metamaterial depends on, and the modeling workflow needed to design it accurately before it’s ever printed.
Metamaterial design
The current focus. Designing a unit-cell structure that resonates with a laser’s electromagnetic field and steps its frequency down — the mechanism that makes the final stage possible at all.
Wireless energy transmission
The goal the first two stages exist to serve: harvesting the magnetic field generated by the downconverted beam and converting it into usable electrical current.