Active Metasurface-Based Reconfigurable Polarization Converter With Multiple and Simultaneous Functionalities

We introduce a new concept of three-states polarization converting metasurface (TS-PCM) based on p-i-n diodes. The proposed structure can offer three distinct wave manipulation functionalities: linear polarization to orthogonal linear polarization (LP-OLP), linear polarization to circular polarization (LP-CP), and linear polarization to full reflection (LP-FR) state. Unlike previous structures, the multiple conversion features are simultaneously achieved in different frequency ranges, depending on the operating state of diode (off or on). Finally, a sample prototype was fabricated and the experimental results were verified with the simulated ones.

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