Douglas Werner

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
John L. and Genevieve H. McCain Chair Professor, Electrical Engineering

Douglas Werner is internationally recognized for his expertise in electromagnetics, antenna design, optical metamaterials, and metamaterial-enabled devices, as well as for the development/application of inverse-design techniques.

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Recent Publications

An Efficient Curvature-Based Synthesis Methodology for Rotationally Symmetric Shaped Reflector Antennas

Balasubramanian, M. & Werner, D. H., 2025, In: IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation. 6, 1, p. 181-192 12 p.

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Broadband spectral analysis of chiral nanophotonic structures at circularly polarized incidence using DGTD solver

Bao, H., Peng, Y., Li, C., Zhang, T., Ding, D. & Werner, D. H., Jan 27 2025, In: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 58, 4, 045003.

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A Near-Zero Index Metamaterial Lens for Reduced Complexity and High-Performance Active Electronically Scanned Arrays

Binion, J. D., Mussman, C. A., Lier, E., Hand, T. H. & Werner, D. H., Mar 2025, In: Advanced Electronic Materials. 11, 3, 2400224.

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Cavity-induced SAM to OAM conversion for sub-wavelength focused chiral field generation

Bohley, C., Schrader, A., Schwager, B., Werner, D. H., Jandieri, V. & Berakdar, J., Mar 24 2025, In: Optics Express. 33, 6, p. 12970-12981 12 p.

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An Augmented Network Parameter Method for Rapid Electromagnetic-Circuit Co-Simulation in the Presence of Impinging Electromagnetic Waves

Das, A., Campbell, S. D. & Werner, D. H., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 73, 2, p. 770-778 9 p.

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3D Dielectric Chiral Metamaterials Achieving Nondispersive Near-Zero Ellipticity

Du, K., Kang, L., Li, C., Zhu, W., Cheng, M., Cai, Y., Zhang, B., Werner, D. H. & Wang, S., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Laser and Photonics Reviews.

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Electro-Thermal Simulation of GaN HEMT Based on a Scaling-Factor-Enhanced Time-Domain Spectral Element Solver

Li, C., Zhang, T., Bao, H., Cheng, A., Chen, D., Wang, C. F., Ding, D. & Werner, D. H., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 73, 2, p. 812-820 9 p.

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Ultra-Short Horn Antennas via Digital Choke and Groove Aperture Topologies

Mackertich-Sengerdy, G., Campbell, S. & Werner, D. H., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

A Generalized Analytical Solution for the Directivity of Nonuniform Planar Phased Arrays Using a Universal Element Radiation Model

Mussman, C. A. & Werner, D. H., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 73, 1, p. 225-240 16 p.

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Harmonic engineering of antennas with time-periodic substrate permittivity

Yang, D., Das, A., Campbell, S. & Werner, D. H., Feb 2025, In: Physical Review Applied. 23, 2, 024008.

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A Shaped Reflector Antenna Design Approach for Contoured Beam Synthesis With Surface Curvature Constraints

Balasubramanian, M., Campbell, S. D., Werner, D. H. & Hand, T. H., Feb 1 2024, In: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 72, 2, p. 1297-1307 11 p.

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Superscattering of electromagnetic waves from subwavelength dielectric structures

Beneck, R. J., Kang, L., Jenkins, R. P., Campbell, S. D. & Werner, D. H., May 20 2024, In: Optics Express. 32, 11, p. 19410-19423 14 p.

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Guest Editorial: Special Cluster on Advances in Reconfigurable Electromagnetic Devices

Campbell, S., Mackertich-Sengerdy, G., Werner, D. H. & Hao, Y., 2024, In: IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. 23, 11, p. 3689-3693 5 p.

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Enhancing Reflectarray Robustness Through Adjoint Optimization Enabled Recovery

Chaky, R. J., Jenkins, R. P., Campbell, S. D., MacKertich-Sengerdy, G. & Werner, D. H., Apr 1 2024, In: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 72, 4, p. 3362-3373 12 p.

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Roadmap on electromagnetic metamaterials and metasurfaces

Cui, T. J., Zhang, S., Alù, A., Wegener, M., Pendry, S. J., Luo, J., Lai, Y., Wang, Z., Lin, X., Chen, H., Chen, P., Wu, R. X., Yin, Y., Zhao, P., Chen, H., Li, Y., Zhou, Z., Engheta, N., Asadchy, V. & Simovski, C. & 77 others, Tretyakov, S., Yang, B., Campbell, S. D., Hao, Y., Werner, D. H., Sun, S., Zhou, L., Xu, S., Sun, H. B., Zhou, Z., Li, Z., Zheng, G., Chen, X., Li, T., Zhu, S., Zhou, J., Zhao, J., Liu, Z., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Q., Gu, M., Xiao, S., Liu, Y., Zhang, X., Tang, Y., Li, G., Zentgraf, T., Koshelev, K., Kivshar, Y., Li, X., Badloe, T., Huang, L., Rho, J., Wang, S., Tsai, D. P., Bykov, A. Y., Krasavin, A. V., Zayats, A. V., McDonnell, C., Ellenbogen, T., Luo, X., Pu, M., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Liu, L., Li, Z., Tang, W., Ma, H. F., Zhang, J., Luo, Y., Zhang, X., Zhang, H. C., He, P. H., Zhang, L. P., Wan, X., Wu, H., Liu, S., Jiang, W. X., Zhang, X. G., Qiu, C. W., Ma, Q., Liu, C., Li, L., Han, J., Li, L., Cotrufo, M., Caloz, C., Deck-Léger, Z. L., Bahrami, A., Céspedes, O., Galiffi, E., Huidobro, P. A., Cheng, Q., Dai, J. Y., Ke, J. C., Zhang, L., Galdi, V. & di Renzo, M., Jul 2024, In: JPhys Photonics. 6, 3

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