High-efficiency ultrathin metasurfaces with simultaneous control of complete phase, amplitude, and polarization

Abstract

Metasurfaces that can simultaneously manipulate both amplitude and phase have garnered interest and have promising applications owing to their strong beam-steering ability; however, achieving a high maximum transmission while covering the full phase shift remains challenging. This paper proposes a chiral-structured meta-atom composed of two external cross-polarized patches and an internal coupling structure. It enables the independent modulation of the phase, amplitude, and polarization at large incidence angles and ensures a high maximum transmission with a complete phase shift enabled by the two internal rotation structures. The transmission phase and amplitude can be independently controlled by adjusting the geometry and rotation angle of the meta-atoms. The performance and feasibility of the method were verified using an ultra-thin high-order Bessel beam generator sample with a thickness of 2 mm (about λ0/11 at 14 GHz). This design can meet arbitrary requirements for extreme beam steering and has broad application prospects in the fields of electromagnetism and photonics.