• Acta Photonica Sinica
  • Vol. 46, Issue 12, 1216001 (2017)
FANG Zhen-hua*, LUO Chun-rong, and ZHAO Xiao-peng
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    DOI: 10.3788/gzxb20174612.1216001 Cite this Article
    FANG Zhen-hua, LUO Chun-rong, ZHAO Xiao-peng. Efficient Ultrawideband Linear Polarization Conversion Based on Cross-shaped Structure Metasurface[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2017, 46(12): 1216001 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A polarization converter that uses metasurfaces composed of cross deformable structure is proposed. Ultrawideband 90° polarization rotation is obtained in the reflective mode. Reflectance of the cross-polarized wave is above -0.2 dB while co-polarization wave is blow -12 dB in range of 8.4-20.7 GHz. The cross-polarized reflectance is greater than -0.03 dB at the resonant frequency points, and the co-polarized reflectance reaches -60 dB. That is, almost complete cross-polarization conversion be achieved at the resonance frequency points. The relative bandwidth is 84.5% with average orthogonal polarization conversion ratio (PCR) of 96.7%. In addition, the metasurface polarization converter is fabricated on FT5880 substrate. The experimental results show that the cross-polarized reflectance is greater than -1 dB in the operating frequency band and the co-polarized reflectivity is less than -10 dB. The experimental results are in good agreement with the simulation results, which verifies that the metasurface can realize the cross-polarization conversion of the linearly polarized electromagnetic wave in the ultra-wide frequency band. The ultrawideband conversion metasurface has the advantages of high conversion efficiency and simple geometric structure. The similar model can be extended to terahertz or even visible light.
    FANG Zhen-hua, LUO Chun-rong, ZHAO Xiao-peng. Efficient Ultrawideband Linear Polarization Conversion Based on Cross-shaped Structure Metasurface[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2017, 46(12): 1216001
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