Bandwidth broadening of a linear polarization converter by near-field metasurface coupling

Abstract We experimentally demonstrate a highly efficient, broadband linear polarization converter functioning at terahertz frequencies. The linear polarization converter is composed of three metasurfaces and two dielectric layers interlaced with each other. The neighboring unit cells of the central...

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Autores principales: Xi Gao, Leena Singh, Wanli Yang, Jingjing Zheng, Haiou Li, Weili Zhang
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/4b5344cd06fd4a768e5bb35f4145ba5b
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Sumario:Abstract We experimentally demonstrate a highly efficient, broadband linear polarization converter functioning at terahertz frequencies. The linear polarization converter is composed of three metasurfaces and two dielectric layers interlaced with each other. The neighboring unit cells of the central metasurface layer of the linear polarization converter exhibit strong electromagnetic coupling, which increases the number of resonances and results in significant bandwidth broadening. The simulation and experimental results show that in the frequency range of 0.2 to 0.4 THz, the proposed polarization converter has a flat transmission curve and exhibits a transmission efficiency that is higher than 80%. High performance terahertz polarization conversion is desirable in many fields, such as terahertz spectroscopy, imaging, and communications.