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A Multifunctional Integrated Design of Simultaneous Unity Absorption and Polarization Conversion

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Herein, an integrated multifunctional design for simultaneous perfect absorption and polarization conversion is proposed that worked in the Ku band: the proposed structure consisted of two asymmetric dielectric semi-rings which are supported on a ground plane by two dielectric cylinders with different heights. Simulated results demonstrate that unity absorption and linear cross-polarization conversion can be integrated into one multifunctional structure: absorption and polarization conversion operate at different frequencies. Furthermore, these different functions under the different polarized modes (TE and TM) are integrated into the single structure without adjusting any parameters, while also at a large range of incident angles. The integrated design is more conducive to the miniaturization and multi-functionality of devices and there are also practical applications in other areas.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61671238), Funding of Jiangsu Innovation Program for Graduate Education (Grant No. KYLX16_0368). This work also was supported by the China Scholarship Council under Grant No. 201806830017.

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  1. College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China

    Yongdiao Wen, Shaobin Liu, Yan Xu, Qiming Yu & Lingling Wang

  2. Department of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, La Sapienza University of Rome, 00184, Rome, Italy

    Yongdiao Wen & Fabrizio Frezza

  3. College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China

    Haifeng Zhang

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Wen, Y., Liu, S., Zhang, H. et al. A Multifunctional Integrated Design of Simultaneous Unity Absorption and Polarization Conversion. Plasmonics 15, 1141–1149 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-019-01078-6

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