wonbin hong





Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea



Inverse-Designed Holographic Surfaces for Multi-Focus Spatial Beamforming


This talk presents a holographic antenna system that operates as a time-reversal mirror to achieve multi-focus near-field beamforming with interference suppression. Using an inverse design framework and a dipole-based channel matrix, the system synthesizes and encodes target wavefronts onto a holographic surface through time-reversal impedance modulation. A Gram–Schmidt–based interference-cancellation algorithm further enhances spatial resolution between closely spaced beams. Simulations demonstrate flexible beam shaping, spatial selectivity, and nulling for single- and multi-user scenarios, enabling applications in secure communications, wireless power transfer, and adaptive sensing.





Wonbin Hong received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Purdue University in 2004 and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 2005 and 2009, respectively. From 2009 to 2016, he served as a principal and senior engineer at Samsung Electronics. Since 2016, he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering at POSTECH, where he is now the Mueunjae Chaired Professor. Prof. Hong is a Fellow of the IEEE.