基于手征超材料的90°THz 极化偏转器

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  • 上海大学通信与信息工程学院, 上海 200444
肖中银(1964—), 男, 教授, 博士生导师, 研究方向为手征特异材料、光波导表面模特性等. E-mail: zhyxiao@staff.shu.edu.cn

收稿日期: 2015-09-01

  网络出版日期: 2017-08-30

基金资助

国家自然科学基金资助项目(61275070); 上海市自然科学基金资助项目(15ZR1415900)

90° THz polarization rotator based on chiral metamaterials

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  • XU Kaikai, XIAO Zhongyin, LIU Dejun, TANG Jingyao, MA Xiaolong, WANG Zihua

Received date: 2015-09-01

  Online published: 2017-08-30

摘要

提出了一种新的手征结构, 该结构由介质板及其上下表面的双L谐振器组成. 仿真结果表明, 该结构在THz 波段可实现对x-极化波的宽频段、多频段的90°极化偏转. 特别是在2.56 THz 处, 这种新的结构能够实现对线极化波(x-极化波和y-极化波)的90°极化偏转, 而此时的椭圆度约为0°. 基于线极化波的电场分布, 详细分析了极化偏转的物理机制. 理论上, 该手征结构也可以用来设计微波波段或近红外波段的90°极化偏转器.

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续凯凯, 肖中银, 刘德君, 唐敬瑶, 马孝龙, 王子华 . 基于手征超材料的90°THz 极化偏转器[J]. 上海大学学报(自然科学版), 2017 , 23(4) : 517 -523 . DOI: 10.12066/j.issn.1007-2861.1679

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel chiral structure consisting of double L resonators fabricated on both sides of the dielectric substrate. Simulation results reveal that the structure can achieve broadband and multi-band 90° polarization rotation of x-polarization wave in a THz band. In particular, the chiral structure can realize 90° polarization rotation for x-polarized and y-polarized waves at 2.56 THz. Meanwhile, ellipticity of the linear polarization wave is about 0°. The physical mechanism of linearly polarized wave conversion based on electric fields is analyzed. The structure can also be used to design 90° polarization polarizer in other bands, for instance, microwave and near infrared regions.

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