Recent advances in reconfigurable metasurfaces: principle and applications

Z Zhang, H Shi, L Wang, J Chen, X Chen, J Yi, A Zhang… - Nanomaterials, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Metasurfaces have shown their great capability to manipulate electromagnetic waves. As a
new concept, reconfigurable metasurfaces attract researchers' attention. There are many …

Mechanically reconfigurable, beam-scanning reflectarray and transmitarray antennas: A review

M Mirmozafari, Z Zhang, M Gao, J Zhao, MM Honari… - Applied Sciences, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
We review mechanically reconfigurable reflectarray (RA) and transmitarray (TA) antennas.
We categorize the proposed approaches into three major groups followed by a hybrid …

A wideband low-cost reconfigurable reflectarray antenna with 1-bit resolution

BJ **ang, X Dai, KM Luk - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A wideband 1 bit reflectarray antenna (RA) with two-dimensional (2-D) electronically beam-
scanning capability is presented in this article. Based on the basic structure of the …

A circularly polarized 1 bit electronically reconfigurable reflectarray based on electromagnetic element rotation

F Wu, R Lu, J Wang, ZH Jiang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A circularly polarized (CP) reflectarray with 2-D electronically steerable beam is reported.
The reconfigurable CP reflectarray element is realized using a circular-patch-based …

A 10 240-element reconfigurable reflectarray with fast steerable monopulse patterns

X Pan, F Yang, S Xu, M Li - IEEE Transactions on Antennas …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A large-scale 1-bit reconfigurable reflectarray with the feature of fast steerable monopulse
patterns has been designed and tested at X-band. The reflectarray element integrates one …

Angular‐adaptive reconfigurable spin‐locked metasurface retroreflector

W Yang, K Chen, Y Zheng, W Zhao, Q Hu… - Advanced …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Metasurface retroreflectors, which scatter the incident electromagnetic wave back to
incoming direction, have received significant attention due to their compelling advantages of …

A novel 1 bit wide-angle beam scanning reconfigurable transmitarray antenna using an equivalent magnetic dipole element

Y Wang, S Xu, F Yang, M Li - IEEE transactions on antennas …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel 1 bit reconfigurable transmitarray antenna (RTA) using an equivalent magnetic
dipole element for wide-angle beam scanning at Ku-band is presented. The RTA element …

A low-cost, high-efficiency and full-metal reflectarray antenna with mechanically 2-D beam-steerable capabilities for 5G applications

P Mei, S Zhang, GF Pedersen - IEEE Transactions on Antennas …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a low-cost, high-efficiency, and full-metal reflectarray (RA) antenna with
mechanical beam-steerable capabilities. A unit cell (UC) implemented by a metal cylinder …

Programmable coding metasurface for dual-band independent real-time beam control

N Zhang, K Chen, Y Zheng, Q Hu, K Qu… - IEEE Journal on …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Active metasurfaces pave a way for manipulating electromagnetic (EM) waves in real-time
by incorporating with tunable materials or components, emerging as an attractive solution to …

Circularly polarized one-bit reconfigurable ME-dipole reflectarray at X-band

F Wu, R Lu, J Wang, ZH Jiang… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2021‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, a broadband and low loss circularly polarized (CP) electronically reconfigurable
reflectarray antenna (RRA) that can operate over the X-band is reported. The proposed RRA …