journal article·2026-07-22

Full-Space Janus Metasurface with Six Independent Information Channels at a Single Frequency

Jia Qiu, Yue Cheng, Na Li, Tengyu Cheng, Tianxiao Xiao, Mao Wang, Jianqi Zhu, Changyin Long, Ling Li, Boya Wang, Ming Zhang, Shuangcheng Chen, Yijia Huang

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces· Volume 18· Issue 28
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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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OpenAlex topics: Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications · Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies · Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics

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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

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