title: An efficient broadband metamaterial wave retarder.
abstract: Metamaterials with anisotropic electromagnetic properties have the capability to manipulate the polarization states of electromagnetic waves. We describe a method to design a broadband, low-loss wave retarder with graded constitutive parameter distributions based on non-resonant metamaterial elements. A structured metamaterial half-wave retarder that converts one linear polarization to its cross polarization is designed and its performance is characterized experimentally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radio Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
authors.forename: Jessie Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: Jonah N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Gollub
authors.forename: Jack J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Mock
authors.forename: Ruopeng
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Cameron
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Tie Jun
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Cui
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008027:Light; D008420:Manufactured Materials; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055096:Optical Devices; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity