By embedding the PIN diodes in the metasurface and delicately designing the feed circuit, a cross-shaped switchable polarization conversion metasurface is proposed. When the diodes are in the on state, the metasurface works in the polarization conversion mode, the PCR exceeds 90% in the range of 4.037.71 GHz, and the corresponding relative bandwidth is 62.7%. However, when the diodes are in the off state, the polarization conversion is turned off, and the metasurface works as a reflector. The mechanism of the polarization conversion metasurface is explained by theoretical analysis and surface current distributions. The designed metasurface has good wide-angle incident characteristics, and the metasurface has good polarization performance within the incident angle of less than 45°. Furthermore, the measured and simulation results agree excellently, which confirms the feasibility of this work. The proposed metasurface is expected to be used in EM compatibility and polarization detection.
Damin Li, Jiayun Wang, Xiaoqiang Su, Lijuan Dong, Xinwei Chen, Wenmei Zhang, Rongcao Yang. Switchable Broadband Polarization Conversion Metasurface Based on PIN Diodes[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(3): 0303001