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Area of Science:

  • Metasurface technology
  • Electromagnetics
  • Wave manipulation

Background:

  • Reconfigurable metasurfaces are gaining attention.
  • Existing metasurfaces require manual intervention, external sensors, or complex deep learning for functionality switching.
  • These limitations hinder real-time applications and increase costs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a simple, real-time self-adaptive metasurface.
  • To integrate wave sensing and reconfigurable reflection capabilities.
  • To eliminate the need for auxiliary detection or external controllers.

Main Methods:

  • Designed a metasurface integrating sensing and reconfigurable reflection meta-atoms.
  • Employed a phase comparator and lookup table for autonomous control.
  • Investigated metasurfaces for adaptive wave redirection and focusing.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated effective reflection of incident waves from any direction within ±50° to the normal.
  • Achieved rapid self-adaptation to changing incidence angles (up to 12°/s).
  • Reported low power consumption (415 mW) and significant savings in response time, energy, and fabrication cost.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed metasurface offers an autonomous, computationally simple, cost-effective, and energy-efficient solution for real-time adaptive reflection control.
  • This technology opens new possibilities for wireless communication, radar sensing, and related fields.
  • The system eliminates the need for external controllers and complex processing, enabling practical real-world deployment.