title: Manipulating electromagnetic wave polarizations by anisotropic metamaterials.
abstract: We show that the polarization states of electromagnetic waves can be manipulated through reflections by an anisotropic metamaterial plate, and all possible polarizations (circular, elliptic, and linear) are realizable via adjusting material parameters. In particular, a linearly polarized light converts its polarization completely to the cross direction after reflection under certain conditions. Microwave experiments were performed to successfully realize these ideas and results are in excellent agreement with numerical simulations.
authors.affiliation: Surface Physics Laboratory and Physics Department, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Jiaming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Lixin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ran
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Jin Au
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou