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Abstract
Janus metasurfaces have achieved rapid development in enabling asymmetric and bidirectional manipulation of electromagnetic waves. However, compact full-space platforms that experimentally integrate independently addressable transmission and reflection functionalities remain comparatively scarce. In this paper, we propose a full-space Janus metasurface that supports six independently controllable channels, two in transmission and four in reflection modes, at a single frequency. The design incorporates asymmetric multiresonant meta-atoms with decoupled phase control, achieving simulated efficiencies of 94.3% in transmission and 99.9% in reflection. A hierarchical architecture combining spatial and polarization multiplexing is introduced to facilitate simultaneous and independent wavefront shaping across all channels. Experimental validation at 16 GHz demonstrates multifunctional beam manipulation with cross-talk below -13.89 dB and an average working efficiency of 30.15% (the ideal theoretical efficiency is 50%). Both numerical simulations and experimental measurements verify the capability of generating six-channel holograms for optical secret sharing applications. This approach enhances channel capacity by at least 50% compared to conventional four-channel Janus metasurfaces while maintaining structural compactness, and it realizes genuine full-space wave regulation by fully exploiting reflection and transmission channels, thereby offering improved functionality and potential for high-capacity electromagnetic communication systems.
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Affiliations
Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Materials and Devices at Sichuan Normal University of Sichuan Province
College of Physics and Electronic Engineering
Sichuan Normal University
Department of Electronic Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Research Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of Nanomembranes (MAIN)
Chemnitz University of Technology
School of Information Science and Engineering
Hebei University of Science and Technology
Tianfu Xinglong Lake Laboratory
Sichuan Provincial Engineering Research Center of Digital Materials
Funding
Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province · the Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program of Sichuan Normal University · National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) · State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering