A Low-Profile and Ultra-Wideband Pancharatnam–Berry Coding Metasurface for High-Efficiency and Wide-Angle Circular Polarization Anomalous Reflection

Abstract

The manipulation of electromagnetic waves using metasurfaces is important in areas such as stealth and communication. In this paper, we reported on the use of an element-based polarizer for the first step, which enables the incident electromagnetic waves to integrate into the cross-polarized waves with a relative bandwidth of 88% within 15–37.1 GHz. Then, an eight-element coding metasurface based on the Pancharatnam–Berry phase is presented for circular polarization anomalous reflection. The simulated values show that our work can achieve a high-efficiency (94%) and wide-angle (70°) anomalous reflection under normal incidence. The simulated values present good agreement with the experimental values. Our work reveals the ability to manipulate the waves and electromagnetic stealth.

Keywords

• polarizer
• coding metasurface
• circular polarization
• anomalous reflection