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  • Metamaterials
  • Electromagnetics
  • Surface Physics

Background:

  • Digitally programmable metamaterials are advancing reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS).
  • Current RIS designs often rely on costly active components, hindering millimeter-wave frequency deployment.
  • Active components like pin diodes and varactor diodes contribute significantly to the expense of RIS.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel, cost-effective method for dynamic beamforming in RIS.
  • To explore the use of moiré metasurfaces as an alternative to active components.
  • To enable large-scale deployment of RIS by reducing manufacturing and operational costs.

Main Methods:

  • Developed moiré metasurfaces by closely stacking two distinct metasurfaces.
  • Implemented dynamic beamforming by controlling the mutual twist angle and overall orientation of the stacked metasurfaces.
  • Utilized the moiré effect to generate low-spatial-frequency surface impedance profiles from high-spatial-frequency patterns.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated continuous sweeping of radiated beam direction across the entire reflection space.
  • Achieved beam steering by adjusting the twist angle and orientation of the moiré metasurfaces.
  • Validated the effectiveness of moiré metasurfaces for generating desired radiation patterns.

Conclusions:

  • Moiré metasurfaces offer a viable, low-cost alternative for dynamic beamforming in RIS.
  • This approach bypasses the need for expensive active components, facilitating wider RIS adoption.
  • The study opens new avenues for synthesizing far-field scattering using twisted metallic patterns.