Abstract
A high-efficiency tri-band artificial electromagnetic (EM) polarization manipulating metasurface is proposed, which is employing two metal rectangle rings composed of a single-layer reflectance surface. There are three frequency bands generated by the artificial EM polarization manipulating metasurfaces, with 3-dB bandwidth at 9.10–12.40, 15.55–23.80 and 24.71–30.00 GHz, and the relative bandwidth is 30.7%, 41.9% and 19.4%, respectively. The polarization converter ratio of the polarization manipulating metasurfaces is great than 90% at 9.8–12.2, 19–22.6, and 24.9–29.5 GHz, respectively. There are five resonance frequencies at 10.5, 11.8, 20.9, 25.7 and 28.3 GHz, where the polarization converter ratio is almost reached 100%. Equivalent circuit and surface current distributions reveal that the coupling results from the strong electric and magnetic resonances between the top surface and bottom ground. Experimental results of the prototype are basically consistent with the simulation results, which clearly show that the metasurfaces have multiband characteristics and higher efficiency.
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Zhengyi Yang
Zhengyi Yang was born in Guizhou, China. He received the B.D. degrees in Communication Engineering from North China Institute of Science and Technology, Langfang, China, in 2017. He is currently pursuing the M.S. degree in Information and Communication Engineering at the College of Big Data and Information Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China. His research interests include metasurfaces and polarization converter.
Shixing Yu
Shixing Yu was born in Guizhou, China. He received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Electromagnetic Fields and Microwave Technology from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2012 and 2017, respectively. He is currently a Lecturer with the College of Big Data and Information Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China. His research interests include metasurfaces, wireless power transfer, near-field focusing, and reflectarray antennas.
Na Kou
Na Kou was born in Shannxi, China, in 1991. She received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Electromagnetic Fields and Microwave Technology from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2013 and 2018, respectively. She is currently a Lecturer with the College of Big Data and Information Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China. Her research interests include frequency selective surface design, transmitarray, and conformal phased array antenna design.
Fei Long
Fei Long was born in Guizhou, China. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in Electromagnetic Fields and Microwave Technology at the College of Big Data and Information Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China. His research interests include Antenna, metasurfaces and polarization converter.
Zhao Ding
Zhao Ding was born in Guizhou, China. He received the B.E. degree in Physics from Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, in 1985, and the Ph.D. degree in Physics from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA, in 2002. He is currently a Professor with the College of Big Data and Information Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China. His research interests include low dimension semiconductor materials and microwave power devices.
Zhengping Zhang
Zhengping Zhang was born in Guizhou, China. He received the B.E. degree from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 1985, and the Ph.D. degree in Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2003. He is currently a Professor with the College of Big Data and Information Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China. His research interests include the theory of antennas, fiber optic sensor, and information processing and controlling.