极化选择全空间多功能超表面

    A polarization-selective full-space multifunctional metasurface

    • 摘要: 针对全空间多功能电磁器件非互易需求,文章提出一种工作于Ku波段的全空间多功能数字编码超表面。该超表面单元由五层金属结构组成,金属层1和5为相互垂直的矩形贴片,分别可对前向(沿−zx极化波和后向(沿+zy极化波进行相位调控,相邻光栅结构充当金属地板确保了近100%的反射率;金属层3为开口矩形谐振环,配合两侧相互正交的光栅结构,可实现前向y极化波和后向x极化波高极化转换率与极化纯度,并通过改变谐振环旋转角度和尺寸大小实现360°相位控制。文章采用3-bit相位编码方式,基于复相位叠加原理在前后向透反射空间中实现了三种独立电磁功能,即:三笔形波束产生、三焦点透镜、四涡旋波束产生。所设计极化和方向复用多功能集成超表面提高了空间电磁波的通道容量与利用效率,在多通道通信、透反射天线罩、多目标探测等领域具有广阔应用前景。

       

      Abstract: To meet non-reciprocal requirements of full-space multifunctional electromagnetic (EM) devices, a full-space digital coding metasurface is proposed at Ku band. The meta-atom consists of five metal layers. Therein, rectangular patches on layer 1 and 5 are perpendicular to each other, controlling the phase of forward (along −z) x-polarized and backward (along +z) y-polarized EM waves, respectively. Their adjacent grating structures act as metal grand to ensure nearly 100% reflectivity. Layer 3 is an open rectangular resonant ring, a high polarization convertion rate and purity can be achieved under forward y-polarized and backward x-polarized channels with orthogonal grating structures on its both sides. It also can achieve 360° phase control by changing rotation angle and size of resonant ring. Here, 3-bit phase encoding is adopted and three independent EM functions (Function I: triple pencil beams generation, Function II: trifocal lens, and Function III: four vortex beams generation) are achieved in forward and backward transreflective space based on the principle of complex phase addition. The designed multifunctional metasurface with polarization and direction multiplexing improves the channel capacity and utilization efficiency of space EM waves, which has a broad application prospect in the fields of multichannel communication, transreflective radome, and multi-target detection.