Fig. 5: Selective reception under simultaneous incidences.

a Simulation model using three external monopoles as transmitters. The center monopole selectively received different signals due to the presence of different waveform-selective transmitting metasurfaces. Frequency and input power were 3.85 GHz and 30 dBm, respectively. b Transmittances using (left) only one external transmitter and (right) more than one external transmitter. c Received voltages in different time slots. d Experimental sample and corresponding (e) transmittances and (f) received voltages with input power adjusted to 36 dBm. The distance between the transmitters (Tx1–Tx3) and the receiver (Rx) was 70 mm. Additional simulation results are shown in Supplementary Fig. S23, where the distance between the transmitters and the receiver was increased to 200 mm to represent a more realistic far-field distance.