A negative refractive index metamaterial wave plate for millimetre-wave applications

I. Mohamed; G. Pisano; M. W. Ng; B. Maffei; V. Haynes; F. Ozturk

doi:10.1117/12.926931

5 October 2012 A negative refractive index metamaterial wave plate for millimetre-wave applications

I. Mohamed, G. Pisano, M. W. Ng, B. Maffei, V. Haynes, F. Ozturk

Proceedings Volume 8452, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI; 845228 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926931
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

By use of a metamaterial based on the ‘cut wire pair’ geometry, highly birefringent wave plates may be constructed by virtue of the geometry’s ability of having a negative and positive refractive index along its perpendicular axes. Past implementations have been narrow band in nature due to the reliance on producing a resonance to achieve a negative refractive index band and the steep gradient in the phase difference that results. In this paper we attempt to design and manufacture a W-band quarter wave plate embedded in polypropylene that applies the Pancharatnam method to increase the useable bandwidth. Our modelling demonstrates that a broadening of the phase difference’s bandwidth defined as the region 90° ± 2° is possible from 0.6% (101.7 GHz – 102.3 GHz) to 7.8% (86.2 GHz – 93.1 GHz). Our experimental results show some agreement with our modelling but differ at higher frequencies.

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I. Mohamed, G. Pisano, M. W. Ng, B. Maffei, V. Haynes, and F. Ozturk "A negative refractive index metamaterial wave plate for millimetre-wave applications", Proc. SPIE 8452, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, 845228 (5 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926931

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