基于单层线-圆极化转换聚焦超表面的宽带高增益圆极化天线设计

基于线-圆极化转换原理和聚焦超表面相关理论,设计了一种反射型宽带线-圆极化转换聚焦超表面,并结合线极化馈源设计了宽带的高增益圆极化天线.首先,提出了一种单层的变形十字超表面单元,单元具有极化独立特性,并且能够在10—14 GHz宽频带范围实现对反射波相位360?范围全调控,同时利用该单元构建的一维超单元很好地验证了奇异反射现象.然后,分别控制单元横向和纵向尺寸的分布构建出同时满足线-圆极化转换和聚焦条件的双功能超表面.最后,采用Vivaldi天线作为馈源对超表面进行照射组成天线系统,仿真及测试结果均表明天线系统同时实现了高增益和线-圆极化转换,系统的-1 d B带宽为24%,-3 d B轴比带宽为29.8%.本文的设计充分体现了超表面对电磁波相位和极化操控的灵活性,具有显著的应用前景.     

太赫兹多波束调控反射编码超表面

已报道的大多数编码超表面仅利用相位或幅度编码进行电磁波调控,限制了太赫兹波调控灵活性.本文提出了一种反射超表面单元,通过相位编码构造超表面,在圆极化波入射下获得反射波束分裂和偏转功能,实现对圆极化波束的灵活调控;同一超表面单元结构利用幅度编码构造超表面在线极化太赫兹波入射下,实现空间成像功能.通过相位编码和幅度编码结合构造超表面,提高了对太赫兹波操控的灵活性,该编码超表面构造思路可以为太赫兹器件设计提供一种全新思路.     

基于相位梯度超构光栅的光学超构笼子

相位梯度超构光栅为自由操控光或者电磁波传播,以及设计新型功能光子器件提供新的思路.基于突变相位概念和梯度超构光栅中的异常衍射规律,本文设计和研究了一种亚波长金属超构笼子.通过数值模拟和严格的解析计算发现超构笼子囚禁光的能力与周期内单元个数m的奇偶性有关.当单元个数为奇数时,放在超构笼子中的点源几乎可以无阻碍地辐射至笼子外面;而当单元个数为偶数时,放在超构笼子中的点源几乎无法辐射到笼子外面,即所有能量都被局域在笼子中.本研究可以为新型雷达天线罩和光子隔离器件提供新的思路和理论指导.     

单层高效透射型相位梯度超表面的设计及实验验证

本文设计了一种单层高效透射型相位梯度超表面,并通过仿真和实验进行了验证.在圆极化波入射条件下,超表面单元的交叉极化转化率大于90%的频带范围为14-15.8 GHz.通过对单元的面内旋转可实现在保持高交叉极化透射幅度的前提下对交叉极化透射相位进行调控.基于6个旋转步进为300的超表面单元周期排布设计了一维相位梯度超表面,该超表面对左/右旋圆极化波分别形成方向相反的相位梯度,因此线极化波经过超表面后将会分离成两束对称传播的圆极化波15 GHz处的近场电场分布和远场归一化透射能量方向图的仿真结果表明,奇异透射角仿真值为33.50,与理论设计值(33.75°)符合得很好.仿真并测试了透射功率密度谱,结果表明在14.9-15.3GHz频带范围内垂直入射的线极化波被高效分离成两束圆极化波.相比于以往的透射型极化调制超表面,该超表面具有工作效率高、厚度薄、重量轻等优点,在电磁波传播和极化操控领域具有重要的应用价值.     

二维宽带相位梯度超表面设计及实验验证

针对圆极化波, 通过同极化反射超表面结构单元的空间排布, 设计实现了一种二维非色散高效相位梯度超表面. 同极化反射相位可以通过同极化反射超表面结构单元金属线的面内旋转来自由调控. 实现的相位梯度超表面可对左右旋入射波产生相反的相位梯度. 当线极化波入射到超表面上时, 反射波被分为两束向相反方向传播的圆极化波. 仿真了线极化波垂直入射时的反射功率密度谱, 仿真结果与理论上设计的异常反射方向一致. 制作了厚度为2 mm的超表面样品, 测试了其镜面反射率曲线. 实验结果表明, 线极化波垂直入射时, 超表面在9.5-19.0 GHz的镜面反射率降至-5 dB以下.     

非线性光学超构表面

在线性光学范畴内,人们已经通过亚波长尺度的超薄超构表面成功实现了对光的众多新颖特性的调控功能.其主要理念是通过对具有亚波长尺度且空间方向变化的超构功能基元进行特定的排列,从而实现对光的偏振、相位和振幅的有效控制.近来,超构表面上的非线性光学特性也引起了大家的广泛关注.在本综述中,我们对非线性光学超构表面的设计、超构功能单元的材料和对称性选择、非线性手性光学、非线性贝里几何相位和非线性波前整形等内容进行了总结;最后对非线性光学超构表面在调控光与物质的相互作用中面临的挑战和前景进行了展望.     

基于超表面的多波束多模态太赫兹涡旋波产生

太赫兹涡旋波束可以被用于高速通信及高分辨率成像,其产生方式近年来受到了越来越多的关注.本文提出了一种反射型超表面,它可以在太赫兹频段产生四种不同模态的涡旋波束.超表面单元结构基于几何相位原理,由三层结构组成,上下两层为金属结构,中间层为介质,其上层金属结构由圆环及椭圆贴片构成.利用几何相位对圆极化波的调控作用,可以实现由线极化波到圆极化波的分解,并实现对不同圆极化波的灵活调控.为了同时调控反射波的偏转方向,本文利用平面反射阵列原理来计算每个超表面单元所需的相位补偿.通过相位叠加原理,在不同传播方向的波束中叠加不同模态的轨道角动量,较好地实现了太赫兹频段复杂波束的调控效果.仿真及测试结果表明设计的超表面能够在太赫兹频段产生带有±1和±2模态的4个波束,在无线通信及高分辨率成像等方面有潜在应用价值.     

光学超构表面中的复合相位调控

超构表面是一种二维的超构材料,能在平面上实现对光波相位、振幅、偏振等参数的灵活调控。相位型超构表面可突破经典折反射定律,使得光场调控不再依赖于曲面光学元件,为实现光学系统的平面化、集成化和多功能化提供了有效途径。特别地,通过对传输相位和几何相位协同调控,能够有效解决传统超构表面存在的功能单一、带宽受限、可调谐性差等原理性问题。文章介绍了复合相位调控的实现原理和方法,以及复合相位超构表面的典型应用及特点,最后对复合相位超构表面的未来研究方向进行了总结和展望。     

超薄宽带平面聚焦超表面及其在高增益天线中的应用

针对相位梯度超表面在灵活操控电磁波与提高天线增益中的潜在应用,提出一种新型的宽带超表面单元,实现了在较宽频带范围内操控电磁波波前与提高天线增益.本文首先设计了一种圆环十字形对称单元来控制反射波的相移量,单元厚度为1 mm,尺寸为0.3λ_0(λ_0=20 mm),工作频段15—18 GHz,而后验证了由该单元组成的相位梯度超表面在15—18 GHz范围内对电磁波的奇异反射与聚焦特性.最后将设计的反射聚焦超表面应用于提高天线增益中,仿真与测试结果均表明,天线最高增益在15—18 GHz内平均增加了11 d B且-1 dB增益带宽为15—18 GHz(相对带宽为18.2%).由于厚度薄、重量轻、频带宽,设计的该单元拓展了相位梯度超表面在微波领域的应用,有望为高增益天线的实现提供新的方法.     

超构表面高效调控电磁波

实现自由调控电磁波不仅具有重要的科学研究意义,而且是通讯、能源、国防等领域的迫切需求。为了解决自然材料调控电磁波能力受限的问题,人们提出了人工超构材料这一新概念,实现了负折射、光学隐身等奇异的电磁效应。然而,经过多年的发展,超构材料仍存在结构复杂、损耗偏高、难以集成调谐等挑战。最近,本团队与国际同行一起提出了超构表面的新概念。超构表面基于电磁波在平面微结构上散射时获得的界面相位突变,充分利用人工微结构的"排列序构"这一自由度,实现了对电磁波振幅、相位、偏振及波前分布的有效调控,克服了超构材料遇到的瓶颈问题。本文主要回顾了本团队在偏振调控、波前调控及动态调控等方面开展的创新性研究。     

Circular polarization converters based on bi-layered asymmetrical split ring metamaterials

In this paper, a kind of bi-layered asymmetrical split ring metamaterial was proposed as a circular polarization converter. Simulations and experiments at the microwave regime showed that the proposed structures can achieve the conversions from right-handed circularly polarized electromagnetic waves to left-handed ones and the reversed conversions in the opposite propagating direction. The linear to circular polarization transmission coefficients and the surface currents were investigated to understand the mechanism of the circular polarization conversions. Moreover, we optimized the proposed metamaterials by increasing the distance between the two metal layers. The proposed circular polarization converters have applications in microwave wave plates and metamaterial antennas.     

Geometric Phase Based Circular Array for Multimode Vortex Beam Generation

A geometric phase model for electromagnetic radiating elements is proposed. By rotation of the radiating element, a frequency‐independent geometric phase occurs for circularly polarized components of radiation field along every direction in far field. In addition, the geometric phase is equal to the rotation angle for a circularly polarized source, which enables phase modulation ranging from 0 to 2π. In contrast, the Pancharatnam–Berry phase for circular polarization conversion components brought by optical element rotation is twice the rotation angle and is applicable only for the scattering waves propagating along the rotation axis. As a proof of principle, an antenna array is designed and fabricated in microwave regime to verify the phase modulation approach. Both the calculated and measured results verify that three different orbital angular momentum modes are generated simultaneously at 8.5 GHz and 11.5 GHz.     

Bispectral Circular Dichroic Coding Metasurfaces

The frequency-dependent circular dichroism is proposed to extend the wave manipulating capability of coding metasurfaces. As a proof of concept, the bispectral circular dichroic coding metasurfaces (CDCMs) are realized using circular dichroism resonators (CDRs) implemented via introducing loss resistors into the circular polarization conversion resonators. The CDRs are distinguished into left-handed CDRs and right-handed CDRs. Left-handed CDRs absorb left-handed circularly polarized (LCP) wave and convert right-handed circularly polarized (RCP) wave into LCP wave. Conversely, they are defined as right-handed CDRs. Two bispectral CDRs are designed with the left-handed (right-handed) and right-handed (left-handed) working bands in 7–8.5 and 22.2–22.5 GHz, respectively. And then, 1 bit bispectral CDCM with 0101…/1010… coding sequence is designed. Simulated results indicate that the designed CDCM strongly absorb the incident LCP (RCP) waves in the frequency region 7–8.5 GHz (22.2–22.5 GHz), but the incident RCP (LCP) waves are anomalously reflected into four beams of the LCP (RCP) waves with high efficiency. The measured results agree well with the simulations. The results in this work may provide an effective solution for the inverse and helicity-dependent manipulation of the electromagnetic waves in two distinct frequency regions.     

磁化分层等离子体中电磁波传播特性研究

采用混合矩阵法,分析了磁化分层等离子鞘套对斜入射电磁波传播特性的影响,分别计算了不同入射角以及外加磁场下电磁波透射系数和极化特性的变化。以GPS导航信号右旋圆极化波(RCP)为例,研究了磁场、电子密度对电磁波右旋圆极化特性的影响。结果表明,外加磁场能够使右旋圆极化波在等离子体中的阻带向高频方向移动,此外,外加磁场能在一定程度上改善斜入射是圆极化波的极化特性,有利于GPS信号接收。     

Manipulating Spin-Dependent Wavefronts of Vortex Beams via Plasmonic Metasurfaces

Conventional metasurfaces based on geometric phase are constrained to spin-locked phase profile, resulting in mirrored functionalities for different spins. A single flat device that enables independent manipulation of wavefronts in two orthogonal circularly polarized channels is of paramount importance in wireless and optical communications. In this work, by tuning the dimension and rotation angle of H-shaped meta-atoms to synthesize propagating phase and geometric phase, spin-dependent plasmonic metasurfaces are presented to manipulate circularly polarized waves in the visible band. To verify the capability of spin-dependent wavefront manipulation, three metasurfaces are implemented. The first metasurface generates vortex beams with orbital angular momentum (OAM) l = 1 under left-handed circularly polarized (LCP) incidence and l = 2 under right-handed circularly polarized (RCP) incidence. By introducing convolution operation, the second metasurface is capable of producing vortex beams with different OAMs and different directions for two spins. The third metasurface produces dual-beam and quad-beam with different OAMs for different circular polarizations. This scheme can provide a new pathway in ultracompact nanophotonic devices and systems.     

Switchable vortex beam polarization state terahertz multi-layer metasurface

We propose a switchable vortex beam polarization state terahertz multi-layer metasurface, which consists of three-layer elliptical metal crosses, four-layer dielectrics, and two-layer hollow metal circles, which are alternately superimposed. Under the normal incidence of left-handed circularly polarized (LCP) wave and the right-handed circularly polarized (RCP) waves, the proposed structure realizes three independent control functions, i.e., focused and vortex beam, vortex beam with different topological charges, and polarization states switching, and azimuth switching of two vortex beams with different polarization states. The results show that the proposed metasurface provides a new idea for investigating the multifunctional terahertz wave modulation devices.     

基于超材料角反射面的高增益高效率双圆极化Fabry-Perot天线设计

基于射线跟踪模型,提出了一种超材料角反射面结构,实现了Fabry-Perot天线增益和口径效率的提升.首先对基于超材料角反射面的Fabry-Perot天线进行了理论推导和分析.然后,设计并分析了双圆极化馈源、基于超材料角反射面的Fabry-Perot天线及其性能.最后,对所提出的Fabry-Perot天线模型进行了制造和测试.结果表明,该天线的左圆极化增益和右圆极化增益分别为21.4 d Bi和21.3 d Bi.相比馈源天线,增益分别提高了16.4 d B和16.3 d B.与传统Fabry-Perot天线相比,所提出超材料角反射面同时充当了反射面和相位校正面,实现了对Fabry-Perot天线边缘电磁波的有效调控.所设计Fabry-Perot天线工作在2.8 GHz频段,具有高增益、高口径效率和低旁瓣的优点,满足了太阳射电望远镜F107指数观测的需求.     

Polarization conversions of diffractive wave plates based on orthogonal circular-polarization holography

A polarization holographic grating, which integrates the functions of a grating and a wave plate and is called a diffractive wave plate, is recorded by two beams(left and right circularly polarized) of a 532 nm laser in an azo polymer with a liquid-crystal structure. The polarization conversion characteristics of the diffractive wave plates are investigated with a detecting light of 650 nm by metering the polarization state of first-order diffracted light.It is confirmed that the diffractive wave plates convert the incident linear polarization into circular polarization for a linearly polarized probe laser and reverse the sense of rotation of the circular polarization when the detecting light is circularly polarized light.     

Ultra-wideband circular-polarization converter with micro-split Jerusalem-cross metasurfaces

An ultrathin micro-split Jerusalem-cross metasurface is proposed in this paper, which can efficiently convert the linear polarization of electromagnetic(EM) wave into the circular polarization in ultra-wideband. By symmetrically employing two micro-splits on the horizontal arm(in the x direction) of the Jerusalem-cross structure, the bandwidth of the proposed device is significantly extended. Both simulated and experimental results show that the proposed metasurface is able to convert linearly polarized waves into circularly polarized waves in a frequency range from 12.4 GHz to 21 GHz, with an axis ratio better than 1 d B. The simulated results also show that such a broadband and high-performance are maintained over a wide range of incident angle. The presented polarization converter can be used in a number of areas, such as spectroscopy and wireless communications.