Broadband and wide-angle reflective polarization converter based on metasurface at microwave frequencies

Abstract

We propose to realize a broadband and wide-angle reflective polarization converter in microwave regions. The proposed converter can convert a linearly polarized (LP) wave to its cross-polarized wave at three resonant frequencies. It can also convert the LP wave to a circularly polarized wave at other two resonant frequencies. Furthermore, the proposed converter can achieve broad bandwidth with incident angle up to 45°. The simulated and measured results are in agreement in the entire frequency regions, and the bandwidth of polarization conversion over 75 % can be obtained from 7.6 to 15.5 GHz under normal incidence and from 7.8 to 13.0 GHz under incident angle of 45°. The surface current distributions of the proposed converter are discussed to analyze the physical mechanism. The converter tolerance to wide angle of incidence and the broad bandwidth could be useful in the range of applications in the microwave regions.