Wavefront Control of 2D Curved Coding Metasurfaces Based on Extended Array Theory

Yang Zhou; Jianliang Xie; Haiyan Chen; Li Zhang; Yao Yan; Fengxia Li; Linbo Zhang; Peiheng Zhou; Longjiang Deng

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2905656

IEEE Access (Jan 2019)

Wavefront Control of 2D Curved Coding Metasurfaces Based on Extended Array Theory

Yang Zhou,
Jianliang Xie,
Haiyan Chen,
Li Zhang,
Yao Yan,
Fengxia Li,
Linbo Zhang,
Peiheng Zhou,
Longjiang Deng

Affiliations

Yang Zhou: National Engineering Research Center of Electromagnetic Radiation Control Materials, Key Laboratory of Multi-Spectral Absorbing Materials and Structures of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Jianliang Xie: National Engineering Research Center of Electromagnetic Radiation Control Materials, Key Laboratory of Multi-Spectral Absorbing Materials and Structures of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Haiyan Chen: ORCiD; National Engineering Research Center of Electromagnetic Radiation Control Materials, Key Laboratory of Multi-Spectral Absorbing Materials and Structures of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Li Zhang: National Engineering Research Center of Electromagnetic Radiation Control Materials, Key Laboratory of Multi-Spectral Absorbing Materials and Structures of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Yao Yan: Department of Development and Planning, North Automatic Control Technology Institute, Taiyuan, China
Fengxia Li: National Engineering Research Center of Electromagnetic Radiation Control Materials, Key Laboratory of Multi-Spectral Absorbing Materials and Structures of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Linbo Zhang: National Engineering Research Center of Electromagnetic Radiation Control Materials, Key Laboratory of Multi-Spectral Absorbing Materials and Structures of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Peiheng Zhou: National Engineering Research Center of Electromagnetic Radiation Control Materials, Key Laboratory of Multi-Spectral Absorbing Materials and Structures of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Longjiang Deng: National Engineering Research Center of Electromagnetic Radiation Control Materials, Key Laboratory of Multi-Spectral Absorbing Materials and Structures of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2905656
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7
pp. 158427 – 158433

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We extend the array theory to design 2D curved coding metasurfaces in order to achieve arbitrary wavefront control. The extended array theory establishes the relationship between wavefront and curved-surface, which provides a simple and effective method to obtain the layout of desired metasurfaces. According the theory, we present 2D curved metasurfaces with 3-bit coding elements. Both simulations and measurements demonstrate that the proposed designs can manipulate wavefront effectively. For normal incidence, the aperture efficiency of normal reflection is more than 90%. For general oblique incidence, the proposed designs almost meet the expectances, but the aperture efficiency decreases with the increase of desired scattering elevation angle. The curved coding metasurfaces are expected to be applied to many devices such as conformal antenna array.

Published in IEEE Access

ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Website: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6287639

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