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Polarization-insensitive ultra-thin quasi-metasurface based on the spoof surface plasmon polaritons

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We theoretically and experimentally propose a novel polarization-insensitive ultra-thin quasi-metasurface composed of the twelve gradually increasing two-sided metallic grooves, an ultra-thin flexible dielectric film, and a circular copper surface to induce the spoof surface plasmon polaritons in the microwave frequency. The evolution of dispersion characteristic is systematically analyzed in simulation, and we interestingly reveal that the quasi-metasurface provides a way to convert spatial propagating waves to the spoof surface plasmon polariton waves not only for transverse magnetic incidence but also for transverse electric waves. Hence, the proposed quasi-metasurface converts the scattering direction from incident wave direction to the spoof surface plasmon polaritons wave direction and the far-field scattering patterns can be controlled due to the conversion and transmission. A quasi-metasurface device is easily implemented using the common printed circuit board method for demonstration. Both numerical simulations and experimental results verify the polarization-insensitive ultra-thin quasi-metasurface.

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Acknowledgments

This work is partially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant (Nos. 61501494, 61271100, 61471389, 61671464) and the Doctoral Foundation of Air Force Engineering University under grant (No.KGD 080914002). They also thank the reviewers for their valuable comments.

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    Si-Jia Li, Xiang-Yu Cao, Jun Gao, Jiang-Feng Han, Zhao Zhang, Chen Zhang & Xiao Liu

  2. School of Physics and Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China

    Fa Huang

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Li, SJ., Cao, XY., Gao, J. et al. Polarization-insensitive ultra-thin quasi-metasurface based on the spoof surface plasmon polaritons. Appl. Phys. A 122, 857 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-0391-2

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