journal article·2026-03

Crosstalk‐Free Spin‐Selective Metasurface for Full‐Space Wavefront Manipulation with Nearly 100% Efficiency

Liming Si, Qitao Shen, Ling Dong, Hang Zhang, Chenyang Dang, Xiue Bao, Weiren Zhu

Advanced Optical Materials· Volume 14· Issue 9
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Abstract

Abstract Spin‐multiplexed metasurfaces have emerged as a transformative technology in satellite communications, offering unprecedented potential for expanding information capacity. Despite their promise, conventional implementations employing interleaved and multi‐layer stacking architectures are fundamentally limited by inherent efficiency constraints and significant crosstalk interference. This study presents a novel paradigm in spin‐selective chiral metasurface design that enables fully independent phase modulation of transmitted and reflected waves while maintaining exceptional isolation between channels. This innovative approach yields a remarkable 97% operation efficiency with an exceptional circular dichroism (CD) of 0.93 across 10–12.2 GHz, corresponding to a 19.8% relative bandwidth, as demonstrated by numerical simulation and experimental validation. The proposed crosstalk‐free spin‐multiplexed metasurface architecture achieves high‐efficiency wavefront manipulation exclusively through geometric phase rotation, eliminating the need for complex multi‐layer structures. This advancement represents a significant leap forward in the development of next‐generation high‐capacity communication systems utilizing circular polarization multiplexing.
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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

Beijing Key Laboratory of Millimeter Wave and Terahertz Technology School of Integrated Circuits and Electronics Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 China

State Key Laboratory of Environment Characteristics and Effects for Near‐space Beijing 100081 China

Department of Electronic Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China

Funding

Key Technologies Research and Development Program · National Natural Science Foundation of China

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