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ArticleNature communications2025

Quantum-inspired superposition and nonseparable states of reconfigurable metasurfaces in classical systems.

Long Chen, Jian Wei You, Qian Ma, Jian Lin Su, Shi Long Qin, Qiao Cong Peng, Qiang Xiao, Tie Jun Cui

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Long Chen *State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves and Institute of Electromagnetic Space, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-1533-0319
Jian Wei You *State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves and Institute of Electromagnetic Space, Southeast University, Nanjing, China. jvyou@seu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5761-9507
Qian Ma *State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves and Institute of Electromagnetic Space, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4662-8667
Jian Lin SuState Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves and Institute of Electromagnetic Space, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Shi Long QinState Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves and Institute of Electromagnetic Space, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-1548-1745
Qiao Cong PengState Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves and Institute of Electromagnetic Space, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Qiang XiaoState Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves and Institute of Electromagnetic Space, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Tie Jun CuiState Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves and Institute of Electromagnetic Space, Southeast University, Nanjing, China. tjcui@seu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5862-1497

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2021M700761, 2022T150112National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62288101National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 92167202State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves (State Key Lab of Millimeter Waves) K201924
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Abstract

Classical and quantum bits serve as cornerstone in information science. As this field rapidly evolves, the interplay between the two continues to enrich and inspire each other. Here, analog superposition states and analog nonseparable states are theoretically explored and experimentally demonstrated in a reconfigurable time-varying metasurface. To implement the quantum-inspired states in classical system, we have developed a reconfigurable metasurface capable of synthesizing analog superposition states across the temporal dimension and analog nonseparable states across spatial and polarization dimensions. Due to its unique features of analog superposition and nonseparability, the proposed metasurface holds great potentials to revolutionize the information processing capabilities beyond those offered by the classical information metasurface. This work not only offers a reconfigurable physical platform to advance classical and quantum information, but also will both enable unknown wave phenomena and provide promising perspectives in the fields of information science, quantum physics and material science.

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