Achromatic polarization manipulation by dispersion management of anisotropic meta-mirror with dual-metasurface

A dual-metasurface-based reflective device (meta-mirror) has been proposed for broadband polarization manipulation, which is composed of orthogonal metallic cut-wire arrays separated from a grounded plane with different distances. The reflective phases of orthogonally linearly-polarized components can be independently adjusted by changing the dimensions of the cut-wire pairs. Benefiting from the fully released dispersion management ability in both dimensions, achromatic (i.e., ultra-broadband) polarization manipulation can be achieved. The suggested approach has been numerically verified in both microwave and optical band. Moreover, experimental characterization in microwave regime has demonstrated the broadband polarization manipulation ability within 5 - 30 GHz. The underlying physical mechanism of dispersion engineering was explained in general equivalent circuit theory and transmission line model. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America