Ultra-wideband linear-to-circular polarization conversion metasurface?

An ultra-wideband and high-efficiency reflective linear-to-circular polarization conversion metasurface is proposed. The proposed metasurface is composed of a square array of a corner-truncated square patch printed on grounded dielectric substrate and covered with a dielectric layer, which is an orthotropic anisotropic structure with a pair of mutually perpendicular symmetric axesuandvalong the directions with the tilt angles of +/- 45 degrees with respect to the verticalyaxis. When theu- andv-polarized waves are incident on the proposed metasurface, the phase difference between the two reflection coefficients is close to -90 degrees in an ultra-wide frequency band, so it can realize high-efficiency and ultra-wideband LTC polarization conversion under bothx- andy-polarized incidences in this band. The proposed polarization conversion metasurface is simulated and measured. Both the simulated and measured results show that the axial ratio (AR) of the reflected wave is kept below 3 dB in the ultra-wide frequency band of 5.87 GHz-21.13 GHz, which is corresponding to a relative bandwidth of 113%; moreover, the polarization conversion rate (PCR) can be kept larger than 99% in a frequency range of 8.08 GHz-20.92 GHz.