Reflective and transmissive cross-polarization converter for terahertz wave in a switchable metamaterial

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan Jiang ◽  
Man Zhang ◽  
Weihua Wang ◽  
Zhengyong Song
Keyword(s):  
Vanadium Dioxide ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Incident Angle ◽  
Terahertz Wave ◽  
Polarization Conversion ◽  
Cross Polarization ◽  
Polarization Converter ◽  
Metallic Grating ◽  
Vanadium Dioxide Film ◽  
Wave Conversion

Abstract Utilizing the phase transition characteristic of vanadium dioxide, we present a metamaterial configuration to achieve both reflective and transmissive cross-polarization converters. When vanadium dioxide is metal, the design behaves as a reflective cross-polarization converter. It consists of metallic grating, topas spacer, and vanadium dioxide film. Polarization conversion ratio is more than 90% in the frequency range from 4.80 THz to 13.13 THz. When vanadium dioxide is insulator, the design behaves as a transmissive cross-polarization converter using cascaded metallic gratings with rotation angle . High-efficiency broadband cross-polarization wave conversion is achieved in the frequency band of 0.50-4.75 THz. The effects of oblique incidence on reflective and transmissive modes are studied on polarization conversion. The results tell that cross-polarization conversion is better when incident angle is in the range of -. The designed metamaterial may have a certain inspiration for the research of terahertz multifunctional polarization converter.

scholarly journals Simple design of efficient broadband multifunctional polarization converter for X-band applications

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thi Kim Thu Nguyen ◽  
Thi Minh Nguyen ◽  
Hong Quang Nguyen ◽  
Thanh Nghia Cao ◽  
Dac Tuyen Le ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Circular Polarization ◽  
Incident Angle ◽  
Polarization Conversion ◽  
Simple Design ◽  
Cross Polarization ◽  
Polarization Converter ◽  
Frequency Bands ◽  
X Band ◽  
Cost Efficient ◽  
Patch Resonators

AbstractA simple design of a broadband multifunctional polarization converter using an anisotropic metasurface for X-band application is proposed. The proposed polarization converter consists of a periodic array of the two-corner-cut square patch resonators based on the FR-4 substrate that achieves both cross-polarization and linear-to-circular polarization conversions. The simulated results show that the polarization converter displays the linear cross-polarization conversion in the frequency range from 8 to 12 GHz with the polarization conversion efficiency above 90%. The efficiency is kept higher than 80% with wide incident angle up to 45°. Moreover, the proposed design achieves the linear-to-circular polarization conversion at two frequency bands of 7.42–7.6 GHz and 13–13.56 GHz. A prototype of the proposed polarization converter is fabricated and measured, showing a good agreement between the measured and simulated results. The proposed polarization converter exhibits excellent performances such as simple structure, multifunctional property, and large cost-efficient bandwidth and wide incident angle insensitivity in the linear cross polarization conversion, which can be useful for X-band applications. Furthermore, this structure can be extended to design broadband polarization converters in other frequency bands.

scholarly journals ­­­­A THZ Tunable Metamaterial Reflective Polarization Converter Based Vanadium Oxide Film

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fuyuan Yu ◽  
Xiongjun Shang ◽  
Wei Fang ◽  
Qingqing Zhang ◽  
Yan Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vanadium Dioxide ◽  
Physical Mechanism ◽  
Polarization Conversion ◽  
Polarization Converter ◽  
Vanadium Dioxide Film ◽  
Metal Phase Transition ◽  
Current Densities ◽  
Tunable Metamaterial ◽  
Dioxide Film ◽  
Wave Incidence

Abstract In this paper a simple and tunable reflective polarization converter has been investigated numerically based on metamaterial which composes of a two-corner-cut square patch resonator with a slit embedded into Vanadium dioxide film (VO2) and reflective ground layer. All the results obtained by the CST Microwave Studio show that the polarization conversion ratio (PCR) above 90% is achieved from 2.22-5.42THz at the temperature about 25°C under the linearly and circularly polarized wave incidence normally. In addition, the influences on electromagnetic polarization properties have been demonstrated with the insulator-to-metal phase transition of the Vanadium dioxide film (VO2) film by the method of varying the temperature. At the same time, to be demonstrated, the physical mechanism of changeable polarization conversion has been discussed by the distributions of current densities. According to the results, the designed metamaterial could be applied in the area of temperature-controlled sensing, THz wireless communication, tunable polarized devices.

scholarly journals Numerical design of a high efficiency and ultra-broadband terahertz cross-polarization converter

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thanh Nghia Cao ◽  
Minh Tam Nguyen ◽  
Ngoc Hieu Nguyen ◽  
Chi Lam Truong ◽  
Thi Quynh Hoa Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Cross Polarization ◽  
Polarization Converter ◽  
Numerical Design ◽  
Broadband Terahertz

Ultra-wideband and high-efficiency cross polarization converter based on anisotropic metasurface

2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (10) ◽  
pp. 2402-2405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bao-Qin Lin ◽  
Xin-Yu Da ◽  
Jia-Liang Wu ◽  
Wei Li ◽  
Yin-Wu Fang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Ultra Wideband ◽  
Cross Polarization ◽  
Polarization Converter

scholarly journals High-efficiency terahertz devices based on cross-polarization converter

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Huan Zhao ◽  
Xinke Wang ◽  
Jingwen He ◽  
Jinying Guo ◽  
Jiasheng Ye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Cross Polarization ◽  
Polarization Converter ◽  
Terahertz Devices

scholarly journals High-Efficiency Asymmetric Transmission of Red-Near-Infrared Light Based on Chiral Metamaterial

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Tian ◽  
Zhiwei Chen ◽  
Fang-Fang Ren ◽  
Qingguo Du ◽  
Zhengying Li
Keyword(s):  
Communication Systems ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Polarized Light ◽  
Infrared Light ◽  
Polarization Conversion ◽  
Metamaterial Structure ◽  
Polarization Converter ◽  
Asymmetric Transmission ◽  
Linearly Polarized ◽  
Chiral Metamaterial

Designing and fabricating high-performance polarization converters that exhibit asymmetric transmission (AT), for light with different circularly/linearly polarized states with opposite propagating directions, are in high demand. The AT phenomenon leads to potential applications as isolators and circulators in information and communication systems. We propose a chiral metamaterial structure with high AT efficiency for two types of linearly orthogonal polarized red-near-IR light in two opposite incident directions. Theoretical results showed that the proposed chiral metamaterial structure achieves cross-polarization conversion where the polarization conversion ratio (PCR) is over 90%, in a broadband wavelength range from 715 to 810 nm, for both forward-propagating linearly polarized light and backward-propagating orthogonal linearly polarized light. The physical mechanisms of the polarization converter with the AT have been investigated. It was confirmed that the Fabry–Perot-like resonance and coupling between electric and magnetic dipoles lead to highly efficient asymmetric polarization conversion for two orthogonal linearly polarized light. Additionally, the conversion efficiency and bandwidth of the polarization converter are successfully optimized by adjusting the related structure parameters.

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