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Circular polarization converters based on bi-layered asymmetrical split ring metamaterials

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In this paper, a kind of bi-layered asymmetrical split ring metamaterial was proposed as a circular polarization converter. Simulations and experiments at the microwave regime showed that the proposed structures can achieve the conversions from right-handed circularly polarized electromagnetic waves to left-handed ones and the reversed conversions in the opposite propagating direction. The linear to circular polarization transmission coefficients and the surface currents were investigated to understand the mechanism of the circular polarization conversions. Moreover, we optimized the proposed metamaterials by increasing the distance between the two metal layers. The proposed circular polarization converters have applications in microwave wave plates and metamaterial antennas.

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Acknowledgments

We acknowledge support by the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Nos. 11104094, 61007019, 61275067 and 91123035), the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (No. 2011CB013003), the Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation (No. 132034), and the Open Fund of The State Key Laboratory of High Performance Complex Manufacturing (No. KL12-9).

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  1. School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China

    Lin Wu, Zhenyu Yang, Yongzhi Cheng, Rongzhou Gong, Ming Zhao & Xiuhua Yuan

  2. The State Key Laboratory of High Performance Complex Manufacturing, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, Hunan, China

    Yu Zheng & Ji’an Duan

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Wu, L., Yang, Z., Cheng, Y. et al. Circular polarization converters based on bi-layered asymmetrical split ring metamaterials. Appl. Phys. A 116, 643–648 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-014-8252-3

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