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Dual-band and high-efficiency polarization converter based on metasurfaces at microwave frequencies

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We present a dual-band and high-efficiency polarization converter in microwave regime. The proposed converter can convert a linearly polarized wave to its cross-polarized wave for two distinct bands: Ku (11.5–20.0 GHz) and Ka (28.8–34.0 GHz). It can also convert the linearly polarized wave to a circularly polarized wave at four other frequencies. The experimental results are in good agreement with simulation results for both frequency bands. The polarization conversion ratio is above 0.94 for the Ku-band and 0.90 for the Ka-band. Furthermore, the converter can achieve dual-band and high-efficiency polarization conversion over angles of incidence up to 45°. The converter is also polarization-selective in that only the x- and y-polarized waves can be converted. The physical mechanism of the dual-band polarization conversion effect is interpreted via decomposed electric field components that couple with different plasmon resonance modes of the structure.

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The authors are grateful for support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) of China (Grant Nos. 61471292, 61471388, 61331005, 41390454, and 41404095), the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) under Grant No. 2015CB654602, and the 111 Project under Grant No. B14040.

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  1. Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education and International Center for Dielectric Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China

    Yajun Liu, Song Xia & Zhuo Xu

  2. School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China

    Hongyu Shi & Anxue Zhang

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Liu, Y., Xia, S., Shi, H. et al. Dual-band and high-efficiency polarization converter based on metasurfaces at microwave frequencies. Appl. Phys. B 122, 178 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-016-6454-4

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