Publications

Book Chapters

[B1] RIS-Parametrized Rich-Scattering Environments: Physics-Compliant Models, Channel Estimation, and Optimization

Philipp del Hougne*

arXiv:2311.11651

Chapter in forthcoming book "Reconfigurable Metasurfaces for Wireless Communications: Architectures, Modeling, and Optimization" (Editors: George C. Alexandropoulos, Alessio Zappone, Nir Shlezinger, Marco Di Renzo, Yonina Eldar)

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[62] Agile Free-Form Signal Filtering with a Chaotic-Cavity-Backed Non-Local Programmable Metasurface

Fabian T. Faul, Laurent Cronier, Ali Alhulaymi, A. Douglas Stone, and Philipp del Hougne*

arXiv:2407.00054

[61] Training of Physical Neural Networks

Ali Momeni, Babak Rahmani, Benjamin Scellier, Logan G. Wright, Peter L. McMahon, Clara C. Wanjura, Yuhang Li, Anas Skalli, Natalia G. Berloff, Tatsuhiro Onodera, Ilker Oguz, Francesco Morichetti, Philipp del Hougne, Manuel Le Gallo, Abu Sebastian, Azalia Mirhoseini, Cheng Zhang, Danijela Marković, Daniel Brunner, Christophe Moser, Sylvain Gigan, Florian Marquardt, Aydogan Ozcan, Julie Grollier, Andrea J. Liu, Demetri Psaltis, Andrea Alù, and Romain Fleury*

arXiv:2406.033

[60] Semantic-Electromagnetic Inversion with Pretrained Multimodal Generative Model

Yanjin Chen, Hongrui Zhang, Jie Ma, Tie Jun Cui, Philipp del Hougne, and Lianlin Li

[59] A metamaterial agent reasoning in natural language

Shengguo Hu, Mingyi Li, Jiawen Xu, Hongrui Zhang, Shanghang Zhang, Tie Jun Cui, Philipp del Hougne, and Lianlin Li

[58] Minimal-Ambiguity Scattering Matrix Estimation with Load-Tunable Ports

Philipp del Hougne*

arXiv:2403:08074

[57] Optimal blind focusing on perturbation-inducing targets in sub-unitary complex media

Jérôme Sol, Luc Le Magoarou, and Philipp del Hougne*

arXiv:2401.15415

[56] Threading light through dynamic complex media

Chaitanya K. Mididoddi*, Christina Sharp, Philipp del Hougne, Simon A. R. Horsley, and David B. Phillips*

arXiv:2301.04461

Peer-reviewed Publications

* corresponding author(s)

[55] Over-the-Air Emulation of Electronically Adjustable Rician MIMO Channels in a Programmable-Metasurface-Stirred Reverberation Chamber

Ismail Ahmed, Matthieu Davy, Hugo Prod'homme, Philippe Besnier, and Philipp del Hougne*

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (in press) (2024)

[Special Issue on Measurement Technologies for Emerging 5G and Beyond Channel Characterization and Antenna Systems]

arXiv:2312.00199

[54] Dynamic inverse design of broadband metasurfaces with synthetical neural networks

Yuetian Jia, Zhixiang Fan, Chao Qian*, Philipp del Hougne*, and Hongsheng Chen*

Laser & Photonics Reviews TBA, 2400063 (2024)

[53] Semantic regularization of electromagnetic inverse problems

Hongrui Zhang, Yanjin Chen, Zhuo Wang, Tie Jun Cui*, Philipp del Hougne*, and Lianlin Li*

Nature Communications 15, 3869 (2024)

[52] Experimentally realized physical-model-based frugal wave control in metasurface-programmable complex media

Jérôme Sol, Hugo Prod'homme, Luc Le Magoarou, and Philipp del Hougne*

Nature Communications 15, 2841 (2024)


[51] Systematic Physics-Compliant Analysis of Over-the-Air Channel Equalization in RIS-Parametrized Wireless Networks-on-Chip

Jean Tapie, Hugo Prod'homme, Mohammadreza F. Imani, and Philipp del Hougne*

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (in press) (2024)

[Special Issue on Electromagnetic Nanonetworks: From On-chip Communication to Wearable and Implantable Networks]

arXiv:2310.16195

[50] On the Tacit Linearity Assumption in Common Cascaded Models of RIS-Parametrized Wireless Channels

Antonin Rabault, Luc Le Magoarou, Jérôme Sol, George C. Alexandropoulos, Nir Shlezinger, H. Vincent Poor, and Philipp del Hougne*

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (in press) (2024)

arXiv:2302.04993

[49] Microwave Speech Recognizer Empowered by a Programmable Metasurface

Hongrui Zhang, Hengxin Ruan, Hanting Zhao, Zhuo Wang, Shengguo Hu, Tie Jun Cui*, Philipp del Hougne*, and Lianlin Li*

Advanced Science TBA, 2309826 (2024)

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[48] Backpropagation-free training of deep physical neural networks

Ali Momeni, Babak Rahmani, Matthieu Mallejac, Philipp del Hougne, and Romain Fleury*

Science 382, 1297 (2023)

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[47] Efficient Computation of Physics-Compliant Channel Realizations for (Rich-Scattering) RIS-Parametrized Radio Environments

Hugo Prod'homme and Philipp del Hougne*

IEEE Communications Letters 27, 3375 (2023)

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[46] Toward Remote Model-Based Fault Localization in Transmission-Line Networks [Invited Article]

Philipp del Hougne*

Acta Physica Polonica A 144, 441 (2023)

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[45] Equireflectionality and customized unbalanced coherent perfect absorption in asymmetric waveguide networks

Malte Röntgen*, Olivier Richoux, Georgios Theocharis, Christian V. Morfonios, Peter Schmelcher, Philipp del Hougne, and Vassos Achilleos

Physical Review Applied 20, 044082 (2023)

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[44] Optimal matrix-based spatiotemporal wave control for virtual perfect absorption, energy deposition, and scattering invariant modes in disordered systems

Clément Ferise, Philipp del Hougne, and Matthieu Davy*

Physical Review Applied 20, 054023 (2023)

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[43] Covert Scattering Control in Metamaterials with Non-Locally Encoded Hidden Symmetry

Jérôme Sol, Malte Röntgen, and Philipp del Hougne*

Advanced Materials TBA, 2303891 (2023)

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[42] Self-Adaptive RISs Beyond Free Space: Convergence of Localization, Sensing and Communication under Rich-Scattering Conditions

Chloé Saigre-Tardif and Philipp del Hougne*

IEEE Wireless Communications 30, 24 (2023)

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[41] Reflectionless Programmable Signal Routers

Jérôme Sol, Ali Alhulaymi, A. Douglas Stone, and Philipp del Hougne*

Science Advances 9, eadf0323 (2023)

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[40] Intelligent Indoor Metasurface Robotics

Hanting Zhao, Shengguo Hu, Hongrui Zhang, Zhuo Wang, Hao Dong, Philipp del Hougne*, Tie Jun Cui*, and Lianlin Li*

National Science Review, nwac266 (2022)

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[39] PhysFad: Physics-Based End-to-End Channel Modeling of RIS-Parametrized Environments with Adjustable Fading

Rashid Faqiri, Chloé Saigre-Tardif, George C. Alexandropoulos, Nir Shlezinger, Mohammadreza F. Imani, and Philipp del Hougne*

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 22, 580 (2022)

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[38] Noise-Adaptive Intelligent Programmable Meta-Imager (Invited Paper)

Chenqi Qian and Philipp del Hougne*

Intelligent Computing 2022, 9825738 (2022) [Special Issue on Computational Imaging]

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[37] Wave Engineering meets Information Science: How to Fully Reap the Potential of Artificial Intelligence for Programmable Metamaterials

Philipp del Hougne*

Revue de l'Electricité et de l'Electronique 4 (2022)

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[36] Time Reversal Communications with Channel State Information Estimated from Impedance Modulation at the Receiver

K. Brahima Yeo*, Cécile Leconte, Philipp del Hougne, Philippe Besnier, and Matthieu Davy

IEEE Access 10, 91119 (2022)

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[35] One-bit quantization is good for programmable metasurfaces

Ya Shuang, Hanting Zhao, Menglin Wei, Qiang Chen, Shi Jin, Tie Jun Cui*, Philipp del Hougne*, and Lianlin Li*

Science China Information Sciences 65, 172301 (2022)

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[34] Metasurface-Programmable Wireless Network-on-Chip

Mohammadreza F. Imani, Sergi Abadal, and Philipp del Hougne*

Advanced Science 9, 2201458 (2022)

Featured as cover image.

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[33] Exceptional points of PT-symmetric reflectionless states in complex scattering systems

Clément Ferise, Philipp del Hougne, Simon Félix, Vincent Pagneux, and Matthieu Davy*

Physical Review Letters 128, 203904 (2022)

Highlighted as Editors' Suggestion.

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[32] Controlling the Spatiotemporal Response of Transient Reverberating Sound

Qiyuan Wang, Philipp del Hougne, and Guancong Ma*

Physical Review Applied 17, 044007 (2022)

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[31] Meta-Programmable Analog Differentiator

Jérôme Sol, David R. Smith, and Philipp del Hougne*

Nature Communications 13, 1713 (2022)

Featured in CNRS INSIS Actualités.

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[30] Intelligent Meta-Imagers: From Compressed to Learned Sensing

Chloé Saigre-Tardif, Rashid Faqiri, Hanting Zhao, Lianlin Li, and Philipp del Hougne*

Applied Physics Reviews 9,  011314 (2022)

Highlighted as Featured Paper.

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[29] Calibration-Free Speckle Matrix Imaging (Invited News & Views article)

Philipp del Hougne*

Light: Science & Applications 11, 33 (2022)

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[28] Efficient Joint Estimation of DOA, Range and Reflectivity in Near-Field by Using Mixed-Order Statistics and a Symmetric MIMO Array

Amir Masoud Molaei, Philipp del Hougne, Vincent Fusco, and Okan Yurduseven

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 71, 2824 (2022)

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[27] Diffuse field cross-correlations: scattering theory and electromagnetic experiments

Matthieu Davy, Philippe Besnier, Philipp del Hougne, Julien de Rosny, Elodie Richalot, François Sarrazin, Dmitry V. Savin, Fabrice Mortessagne, Ulrich Kuhl, and Olivier Legrand

Physical Review E 104, 044204 (2021)

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[26] Deeply Subwavelength Localization with Reverberation-Coded Aperture

Michael del Hougne, Sylvain Gigan, and Philipp del Hougne*

Physical Review Letters 127, 043903 (2021)

Featured in Physics, PhysicsWorld, CNRS INSIS Actualités.

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[25] Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Rich Scattering Wireless Communications: Recent Experiments, Challenges, and Opportunities

George C. Alexandropoulos, Nir Shlezinger, and Philipp del Hougne

IEEE Communications Magazine 59, 28 (2021)

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[24] On-Demand Coherent Perfect Absorption in Complex Scattering Systems: Time Delay Divergence and Enhanced Sensitivity to Perturbations

Philipp del Hougne*, K. Brahima Yeo, Philippe Besnier, and Matthieu Davy*

Laser & Photonics Reviews 15, 2000471 (2021)

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[23] Coherent Wave Control in Complex Media with Arbitrary Wavefronts

Philipp del Hougne*, K. Brahima Yeo, Philippe Besnier, and Matthieu Davy*

Physical Review Letters 126, 193903 (2021)

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[22] Diffuse Field Cross-Correlation in a Programmable-Metasurface-Stirred Reverberation Chamber

Philipp del Hougne*, Jérôme Sol, Fabrice Mortessagne, Ulrich Kuhl, Olivier Legrand, Philippe Besnier, and Matthieu Davy*

Applied Physics Letters 118, 104101 (2021)

Published as part of APL's Special Collection on Metastructures: From Physics to Applications

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[21] Lowering latency and processing burden in computational imaging through dimensionality reduction of the sensing matrix

Thomas Fromentèze*, Okan Yurduseven, Philipp del Hougne, and David R. Smith

Scientific Reports 11, 3545 (2021)

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[20] Experimental Realization of Optimal Energy Storage in Resonators Embedded in Scattering Media

Philipp del Hougne, Rémi Sobry, Olivier Legrand, Fabrice Mortessagne, Ulrich Kuhl, and Matthieu Davy

Laser & Photonics Reviews 15, 2000335 (2021)

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[19] Robust Position Sensing with Wave Fingerprints in Dynamic Complex Propagation Environments

Philipp del Hougne*

Physical Review Research 2, 043224 (2020)

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[18] Perfect Absorption in a Disordered Medium with Programmable Meta-Atom Inclusions

Mohammadreza F. Imani, David R. Smith, and Philipp del Hougne*

Advanced Functional Materials 30, 2005310 (2020)

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[17] Metasurface-assisted massive backscatter wireless communication with commodity Wi-Fi signals

Hanting Zhao, Ya Shuang, Menglin Wei, Tie Jun Cui*, Philipp del Hougne*, and Lianlin Li*

Nature Communications 11, 3926 (2020)

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[16] Implementing nonuniversal features with a random matrix theory approach: Application to space-to-configuration multiplexing

Philipp del Hougne, Dmitry V. Savin, Olivier Legrand, and Ulrich Kuhl

Physical Review E 102, 010201(R) (2020)

Published in the journal’s Rapid Communication section.

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[15] Wireless Sensing using Dynamic Metasurface Antennas: Challenges and Opportunities

Guohao Lan, Mohammadreza F. Imani, Philipp del Hougne, Wenjun Hu, David R. Smith, and Maria Gorlatova

IEEE Communications Magazine 58, 66 (2020)

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[14] Tuning a regular cavity to wave chaos with metasurface-reconfigurable walls

Jean-Baptiste Gros*, Philipp del Hougne, and Geoffroy Lerosey

Physical Review A 101, 061801(R) (2020)

Published in the journal’s Rapid Communication section.

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[13] Optimal Multiplexing of Spatially Encoded Information across Custom-Tailored Configurations of a Metasurface-Tunable Chaotic Cavity

Philipp del Hougne*, Matthieu Davy, and Ulrich Kuhl

Physical Review Applied 13, 041004 (2020)

Published in the journal’s Letter section.

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[12] Intelligent Electromagnetic Sensing with Learnable Data Acquisition and Processing

Hao-Yang Li, Han-Ting Zhao, Meng-Lin Wei, Heng-Xin Ruan, Ya Shuang, Tie Jun Cui*, Philipp del Hougne*, and Lianlin Li*

Patterns 1, 100020 (2020)

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[11] Learned Integrated Sensing Pipeline: Reconfigurable Metasurface Transceivers as Trainable Physical Layer in an Artificial Neural Network

Philipp del Hougne*, Mohammadreza F. Imani, Aaron V. Diebold, Roarke Horstmeyer, and David R. Smith

Advanced Science 7, 1901913 (2019)

Featured in Photonics.com, Technology Networks, Tech Xplore, Environmental News Network, Bioengineer, Science Daily, EurekAlert!.

“Behind-the-Paper” Blog on Nature Research Device & Materials Engineering Community

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[10] Optical complex media as universal reconfigurable linear operators

Maxime W. Matthès, Philipp del Hougne, Julien de Rosny, Geoffroy Lerosey, and Sébastien M. Popoff*

Optica 6, 465 (2019)

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[9] Optimally diverse communication channels in disordered environments with tuned randomness

Philipp del Hougne*, Mathias Fink, and Geoffroy Lerosey*

Nature Electronics 2, 36 (2019)

Featured in CNRS INSIS Actualités Scientifiques.

“Behind-the-Paper” Blog on Nature Research Device & Materials Engineering Community

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[8] Leveraging Chaos for Wave-Based Analog Computation: Demonstration with Indoor Wireless Communication Signals

Philipp del Hougne*, and Geoffroy Lerosey

Physical Review X 8, 041037 (2018)

Featured in Physics, Optics & Photonics News, New Scientist, Phys.org, arstechnica, CNRS La lettre innovation.

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[7] Precise Localization of Multiple Noncooperative Objects in a Disordered Cavity by Wave Front Shaping

Philipp del Hougne*, Mohammadreza F. Imani, Mathias Fink, David R. Smith, and Geoffroy Lerosey

Physical Review Letters 121, 063901 (2018)

Featured in Pour la Science, Optics & Photonics News, Phys.org, CNRS INSIS Actualités Scientifiques, ScienceDaily, ElectronicsWeekly, ECN, EurekAlert!, LabManager.

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[6] Dynamic Metasurface Aperture as Smart Around-the-Corner Motion Detector

Philipp del Hougne*, Mohammadreza F. Imani, Timothy Sleasman, Jonah N. Gollub, Mathias Fink, Geoffroy Lerosey, and David R. Smith

Scientific Reports 8, 6536 (2018)

Featured in Top 100 in Physics Collection, Phys.org, ScienceDaily, ElectronicsWeekly, ECN, EurekAlert!, LabManager, ElectronicSpecifier.

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[5] Shaping Microwave Fields Using Nonlinear Unsolicited Feedback: Application to Enhance Energy Harvesting

Philipp del Hougne, Mathias Fink, and Geoffroy Lerosey

Physical Review Applied 8, 061001 (2017)

Highlighted as Editors’ Suggestion, published in the journal’s Letter section.

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[4] Polarization bandgaps and fluid-like elasticity in fully solid elastic metamaterials

Guancong Ma*, Caixing Fu, Guanghao Wang, Philipp del Hougne, Johan Christensen, Yun Lai*, and Ping Sheng

Nature Communications 7, 13536 (2016)

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[3] Spatiotemporal Wave Front Shaping in a Microwave Cavity

Philipp del Hougne, Fabrice Lemoult, Mathias Fink, and Geoffroy Lerosey*

Physical Review Letters 117, 134302 (2016)

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[2] Intensity-only measurement of partially uncontrollable transmission matrix: demonstration with wave-field shaping in a microwave cavity

Philipp del Hougne, Boshra Rajaei, Laurent Daudet, and Geoffroy Lerosey*

Optics Express 24, 18631 (2016)

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[1] Wave-Field Shaping in Cavities: Waves Trapped in a Box with Controllable Boundaries

Matthieu Dupré, Philipp del Hougne, Mathias Fink, Fabrice Lemoult, and Geoffroy Lerosey*

Physical Review Letters 115, 017701 (2015)

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