Versatile Cross‐Polarization Conversion Chiral Metasurface for Linear and Circular Polarizations

Abstract

Abstract In this work, first the necessary conditions for a versatile cross‐polarization conversion meta‐atom that operates both for linear and circular cross polarizations are discussed. Based on these, a versatile chiral metasurface cross‐polarization converter is proposed. The correspondence between its physical geometry and polarization domain characteristics is studied. To verify the design concept, a prototype is fabricated and measured. An effective vertical and horizontal linear cross‐polarization conversion is achieved from 29.3 to 38.8 GHz (27.90%) and from 34.0 to 36.6 GHz (7.36%), respectively. Furthermore, the proposed converter also achieves circular polarization handedness rotation from 34.5 to 36.6 GHz (5.91%).