Ultra-Thin Reflective Metamaterial Polarization Rotator Based on Multiple Plasmon Resonances

Abstract

We propose the design, simulation, and measurement of a broadband reflective metamaterial polarization rotator in the microwave region based on multiple plasmon resonances. An utra-thin wideband polarization conversion composing of arrays of oval ring pattern, a dielectric layer and a continuous metallic layer is further demonstrated both numerically and experimentally. Two plasmon resonances are generated by magnetic and electric resonances, leading to bandwidth expansion of cross-polarization reflection. The simulated results show that the polarization conversion ratio (PCR) is greater than 68.6% in 8.0-18.0 GHz with incidence angle up to 30 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">°</sup> for both y-and x-polarized waves and the maximum conversion efficiency is nearly 100% at the two plasmon resonance frequencies. Experimental results under normal and oblique incidence agree well with simulated ones. The proposed rotator has applications in the area of polarization control.