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He-Xiu Xu1, 2, 3, Yanzhao Wang1, Chaohui Wang1, Mingzhao Wang1, Shaojie Wang1, Fei Ding4, Yongjun Huang5, Xiaokuan Zhang1, Haiwen Liu6, Xiaohui Ling3, Wei Huang2
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Deterministic Approach to Achieve Full-Polarization Cloak
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He-Xiu Xu1, 2, 3, Yanzhao Wang1, Chaohui Wang1, Mingzhao Wang1, Shaojie Wang1, Fei Ding4, Yongjun Huang5, Xiaokuan Zhang1, Haiwen Liu6, Xiaohui Ling3, Wei Huang2
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  • 1Air and Missile Defense College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an 710051, China
  • 2Institute of Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
  • 3College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Hengyang Normal University, Hengyang 421002, China
  • 4SDU Nano Optics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense, Denmark
  • 5School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
  • 6School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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He-Xiu Xu conceived the idea of the full-polarization cloaking, theoretically designed and fabricated the samples, and performed the FDTD simulations. Yanzhao Wang participated in the design and FDTD simulations. He-Xiu Xu, Yanzhao Wang, Chaohui Wang, Mingzhao Wang, and Shaojie Wang conducted the experiments. Fei Ding, Yongjun Huang, Xiaokuan Zhan, Haiwen Liu, and Xiaohui Ling analyzed the results and made additional efforts in preparing the manuscript. He-Xiu Xu and Wei Huang wrote the manuscript with input from all authors. Wei Huang supervised the project. All authors discussed the results and commented on the manuscript.

Published: 2021-02-20 doi: 10.34133/2021/6382172
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Achieving full-polarization (σ) invisibility on an arbitrary three-dimensional (3D) platform is a long-held knotty issue yet extremely promising in real-world stealth applications. However, state-of-the-art invisibility cloaks typically work under a specific polarization because the anisotropy and orientation-selective resonant nature of artificial materials made the σ-immune operation elusive and terribly challenging. Here, we report a deterministic approach to engineer a metasurface skin cloak working under an arbitrary polarization state by theoretically synergizing two cloaking phase patterns required, respectively, at spin-up (σ+) and spin-down (σ−) states. Therein, the wavefront of any light impinging on the cloak can be well preserved since it is a superposition of σ+ and σ− wave. To demonstrate the effectiveness and applicability, several proof-of-concept metasurface cloaks are designed to wrap over a 3D triangle platform at microwave frequency. Results show that our cloaks are essentially capable of restoring the amplitude and phase of reflected beams as if light was incident on a flat mirror or an arbitrarily predesigned shape under full polarization states with a desirable bandwidth of ~17.9%, conceiving or deceiving an arbitrary object placed inside. Our approach, deterministic and robust in terms of accurate theoretical design, reconciles the milestone dilemma in stealth discipline and opens up an avenue for the extreme capability of ultrathin 3D cloaking of an arbitrary shape, paving up the road for real-world applications.

He-Xiu Xu, Yanzhao Wang, Chaohui Wang, Mingzhao Wang, Shaojie Wang, Fei Ding, Yongjun Huang, Xiaokuan Zhang, Haiwen Liu, Xiaohui Ling, Wei Huang. Deterministic Approach to Achieve Full-Polarization Cloak[J]. Research, 2021 , 2021 (2) : 6382172 - . DOI: 10.34133/2021/6382172
Invisibility has been a long-standing dream for humanity for centuries until the proposal of transformation optics (TO) [1] and the advent of metamaterials [2]. Through these two strong mathematical and physical tools, perfect invisibility with light/electromagnetic (EM) wave flowing around a hidden object can be conceivable by precisely tailoring constitutive parameters of bulk material compositions with both anisotropy and inhomogeneity [3–6]. Although TO-meta grouped strategy is essentially a fascinating avenue toward invisibility, the bulky volume and singular constitutive parameters make it an inconvenient way for realization. Such an issue was later slightly mitigated by a transmission-line cloak in terms of energy coupled network [7] and plasmonic mantle cloak based on scattering cancellation technique in which the scattering wave radiated by the object to be cloaked was cancelled out by the antiphase response of thin metamaterial patterns [8–10]. Nevertheless, the size of the concealed objects was exceedingly limited in the former case, while in the latter case, the cloaking performance in terms of radar cross-section reduction preserved only in a narrow bandwidth, still hindering their practical applications in stealth discipline.
Fortunately, the invention of metasurfaces affords us a great degree of freedom (DoF) in controlling the local amplitude, phase, and polarization of a scattering EM wave, leading to many fascinating applications [11–20]. The significant advances in metasurfaces also render a great success in carpet cloak [21–28]. Therein, by wrapping over the object with an elaborately designed skin metasurface cloak, the phase and amplitude of the scattering wave can be restored to mimic a flat mirror as if the object does not exist. Recently, a tunable [29] and an intelligent cloak [30] was developed, which advances a grand step toward this realm. Nevertheless, achieving a deterministic full-polarization invisible cloak is still formidably challenging and remains a science fantasy. This is because any artificial material reacts to a special EM response only at a specific polarization (σ), rendering it detectable at other polarizations. To reconcile this dilemma, a three-dimensional (3D) pyramid cloak was reported by a cautious design of square ring meta-atoms with structural rotation symmetry [23], which indeed provides a desirable polarization-insensitive cloaking performance under linearly polarized (LP) wave with arbitrary polarization angle because any LP wave is a superposition of the transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) wave. However, it is impossible to preserve its polarization under circularly polarized (CP) wave detection, and thus, the cloaking effect would be much diminished since the ground-backed isotropic reflection scheme would reverse the handedness of the excited CP wave. Moreover, the above method is structure-dependent rather than a deterministic route, and the symmetry requirement poses a large limitation to anisotropic design with large DoF [31, 32]. To date, there is still no efficient methodology reported for this long-held pivotal and knotty issue.
Here, we reported counterintuitively an anisotropic avenue while a deterministic approach aimed at completely addressing this fundamental issue which should make a milestone on real-world stealth applications. As shown in Figure 1(a), the wave after impinging onto our metasurface cloak is always precisely scattered to the predicted mirror direction despite its initial polarization. Specifically, it works efficiently under the LP, CP, or even elliptical CP wave, manifesting unlimited polarization adaptability. The full-polarization operation is achieved by smartly imparting a set of phase patterns required simultaneously for left-handed/spin-up (LCP, σ+) and right-handed/spin-down (RCP, σ−) CP states. Therefore, our polarization-insensitive strategy is a completely emerging technique and is totally irrespective of four-fold (C4) rotation symmetry which was typically reported for conventional partial-polarization operation under two orthogonal LP states [23]. Moreover, as shown in Figure 1(b), the two-dimensional (2D) carpet cloak with invisibility along one incidence plane is realized by combining a flexible metasurface [33, 34] and a 3D printing technique [35] which is applicable with arbitrary complex structures and platforms. As such, our approach not only circumvents the σ-fragile cloaking dilemma but also considerably easy the fabrication, advancing a big step forward in real-world stealth applications.
To not lose generality, we start from cloaking a black metallic bump with an arbitrary boundary described by the fx function (the dark red dashed shown in the schematic cloak of Figure 1(b)). By wrapping an elaborately engineered metasurface cloak on the bump, the scattering wavefront can be engineered the same as that of an arbitrary virtual target modelled by the gx function marked with the blue dashed line. The metasurface is a carpet cloak provided that gx is a constant function representing a horizontal ground. Otherwise, it is an illusion cloak which mimics a more complicated fake target. In both cases, the required compensated phase δ for a cloak targeted at specific frequency f0 and polarization σ can be theoretically calculated as [22]
(1)δ=π−2k0fx−gxcosθ.
Here, k0=2π/λ0 is a free-space wavevector, and θ is the wave incidence angle. Therefore, the key for perfect cloaking performance is to engineer a precise phase profile on the skin metasurface sheet. However, the phase discontinuity of a meta-atom is commonly associated with its resonant feature in response to a specific σ wave. A slight change of σ will induce large or complete phase distortions which are doomed to deteriorate the eventual performance. To understand such a σ-sensitive issue in the conventional cloaking approach and lay a basis for our design, we first design a real metasurface cloak wrapping over a triangle metallic bump (Figure 2(a)) and analyze its invisible properties. The phase compensation is realized based on the geometric phase (PB phase) by rotating the Jerusalem cross meta-atom (see Supplementary materials for details). The metasurface cloak is targeted at 10.5 GHz underσ− wave and is normally triggered by σ+ and σ− waves, respectively. To characterize its invisibility property under different spin states, we numerically calculated the near-field (NF) and far-field (FF) results in FDTD simulation package CST Microwave Studio (see numerical characterizations in Materials and Methods). As shown in Figures 2(b) and 2(c), the plane wavefront with a narrow specular beam is expected under σ− wave excitation, indicating that the scattering fields are reconstructed with the same phase and amplitude as if the light were incident on a flat ground. However, the fields are completely distorted with four beams scattered into four directions in free space under σ+ wave illumination, which is totally different from those observed under the σ− wave case, convincing us an impressive σ-sensitive cloaking property.
The strategy we conceived to break this fundamental σ-sensitive issue is inspired from a hybrid approach, where complete decoupling of phases and functions is achieved for two orthogonal spin states in a copolarization system by combining both the geometric and dynamic phases [36, 37]. In fact, such phase decoupling between two spin states can be also implemented in a cross-LP system. If we can impart simultaneously two independent phase patterns (δσ+ and δσ−) to the metasurface under LCP and RCP state, respectively, then the cloak is expected to operate at any σ state with arbitrary polarization angle. This is quite physical because any incident EM wave can be decomposed into a superposition of σ+ and σ− waves. This property implies that the resulting cloak is polarization insensitive and is capable of rendering invisibility under any incident polarization. To verify our proposal, we first generalize the criterion of phase decoupling between two orthogonal spin states for both co-LP and cross-LP system (see Materials and Methods for the theoretical approach). Then, we devise an anisotropic cross-LP scheme to realize the aforementioned spin-decoupled phase patterns.
The basic building block utilized for our full-polarization carpet cloak is a metal-insulator-metal reflection meta-atom composed of a flexible thin substrate and a 3D printing polymer material ABS-M30 sandwiched by top quasi-I-shaped metallic pattern and bottom flat ground, as portrayed in Figure 3(a). The top metallic pattern [38], etched on the flexible board, is a composite of the central bar and end-loaded split-ring resonators (SRRs) characterized by an open-angle β and an orientation angle of α=45° with respect to the x-axis. The commonly available 0.1 mm-thick F4B board is utilized as the flexible thin substrate and backed ground, which is finally attached to the ABS-M30 polymer by adhesives. Such a fabrication process avoids metallizing the 3D-printed substrates through thin film sputtering [27]. By taking the stability and rigidity into consideration, the thickness of ABS-M30 is chosen as h=2.5 mm to preserve the perfect shapes of supporting materials, and thus the well-designed phase profiles.
Similar to V-shaped meta-atoms [11], two modes (A// and A⊥) can be simultaneously excited parallel and perpendicular to the I-oriented axis under the x- or y-polarized LP wave. The cascading of these two interelement modes, identified from two cross-LP rxy peaks, can be smartly employed to engineer a broadband high-efficiency cross-LP meta-atom. As shown in Figure 3(b) and Figure S1, the meta-atom with α=45° and β=10° exhibits a high cross-LP rate with rxy more than 0.85 across 8.4~18.9 GHz under normal incidence, corresponding to a fractional bandwidth of 77%. The near-unity cross-LP reflection indicates an out-of-phase difference between the above two anisotropic modes which is the key to preserve the handedness of the triggered CP wave [39]. The mechanism lies in that anisotropy-induced CP conversion here will compensate the inherent ground triggered CP conversion. Moreover, by changing β from 10° to 130°, the continuous dynamic phase change of φxy with a maximum of 180° can be achieved in the above broad frequency range. To satisfy a full 2π phase cover, the additional 180° phase jump can be continued via changing α by 90° without altering rxy significantly. Most importantly, the phase response is insensitive to the incidence angle θ as depicted in Figure 3(c), which exhibits a maximum phase tolerance of 15° and 20° at 14 and 15 GHz when θ alters from 0° to 45°. Such an angle-immune phase response is particularly beneficial for a cloak of arbitrary boundary, where the phase errors induced by different θ of spatially varied meta-atom can be minimized. Although a slight amplitude error is observed at θ=45°, the reflection rate is still above 0.85 for all β which poses negligible effect on the preserved amplitude of metasurface cloak.
Given the established clear principle, generalized sophisticated theory, and the unique EM characteristic of the basic building block, it is ready to implement our full-polarization cloak by imparting theoretically required dual-phase patterns δσ+ and δσ− onto our metasurface. Here, we choose a triangle platform to design our metasurface skin cloak for demonstration. It is a stacked composite of ABS-M30 and a thin F4B metallic ground and is characterized by the length P, cross-section tilt angle ψ, and width L. Given the geometric parameters of triangle bump, the theoretically required dual-phase patterns δσ+ and δσ− can be immediately achieved according to Eq. (1). Then, the required dynamic phase φxy and geometric phase 2α can be readily synthesized by following the spin-decoupled theory established for the cross-LP system. Finally, the layout of our thin metasurface cloak composed of spatially varied meta-atoms can be mapped out according to the target φxy β and α distributions through a CAD process. For comprehensive verification, we designed several metasurface cloaks and characterized their invisibility property based on FDTD-calculated and experimentally measured NF and FF results under different excitation scenarios. Detailed information can be referred to the numerical characterizations, sample fabrication, and microwave experiments in Materials and Methods.
We first design a full-polarization illusion device [40, 41] which can be considered as a special case of a cloak. Such an illusion concept finds unprecedented applications in deception jamming of an electronic warfare and coincides well with that of camouflage [42] in terms of mimicking the scattering signature of other arbitrarily predefined objects. Although a broadband camouflage device is realized in wide-angle operation through optical surface transformation [42], the cloak works still under a specific polarization detection and the lateral displacement is unavoidable due to the bulk volume. Instead, our illusion device is with skin thickness and is polarization insensitive. It is targeted at 14 GHz on a real triangle platform characterized by ψ=30° and a cross-section of L×H=228.6 mm×68.5 mm in the triple-side cross-section. The virtual EM shape to be emulated is also a triangle bump with an identical length of L=228.6 mm but a different tilted angle of ψ=15° (H=34.2 mm). Figure 4(a) shows the layout of our designed cloak wrapped over a triangle metallic bump according to the phase profile calculated in Figure 4(b). As is shown, our cloak is assembled by two sub-metasurfaces composed of specific meta-atoms with spatially varied β and alternatively changed α=0° and 90°. Indeed, the modified α from α=45° to 0° and 90° according to the spin-decoupled theory plus the out-of-phase difference between two anisotropic modes of each meta-atom plays a key role in preserving the polarization of both LP and CP wave. The physics can be understood that the EM response of the above specific meta-atoms with 0° and 90° orientation is the same under σ+ and σ− wave in terms of equal ei2α and e−i2α. Such feature guarantees simultaneously preserved phase and amplitude for all polarizations which distinguishes our design from any existing metasurface cloak [22–30]. In FDTD characterizations, the bare bump and cloaked bump are normally illuminated by y- and 45°-polarized LP wave as well as σ+ and σ− plane wave incidents in the xz plane. As depicted in Figures 4(c) and 4(d), both the FDTD-calculated NF and FF results reveal that our illusion device manifests almost the same scattering wavefronts and beams as those of the virtual triangle bump under y/45°-aligned LP wave and σ+/σ− CP wave, indicating an elegant full-polarization illusion behavior. The scattering beam is symmetrically directed to ±30°, which is an exact mirror reflection angle 2ψ of the triangle virtual bump while it is altered to ±60° when our metasurface cloak is removed. The artificially engineered scattering signature by our cloak enables the real physical shape to be perceived to a virtual shape designed at will, indicating unprecedented applications to camouflage and bait to a critically important military target in defense security. It should be strengthened that other complicated scattering signatures of EM shape can be envisioned under full polarizations provided that the compensated phase pattern induced between the real and virtual objects can be reasonably evaluated, which is out the scope of this work. Moreover, the metasurface illusion device exhibits an elegant operation bandwidth of ~2 GHz within 13~15 GHz, corresponding to a fractional bandwidth of 14.3% (see Supplementary Figures S3 and S4 for more FDTD NF and FF results at other frequencies).
To further verify the robustness of our approach, we design a carpet cloak that is capable of mimicking the scattering feature of a metallic ground by utilizing the previous triangle platform. Figure 5(a) portrays the layout of our designed full-polarization cloak wrapping over a triangle metallic bump according to the phase profile calculated in Figure 5(b). Again, our metasurface cloak comprises spatially varied meta-atoms with distinct dimensions and orientations, which distinguishes our work from any available report. As is depicted in Figures 5(c) and 5(d), flattened reflective wavefronts with near-uniform intensity and highly directive single-mode specular scattering are clearly inspected under x-, y- and 45°-polarized LP wave and σ+/σ− CP wave, indicating that distorted reflection fields after impinging on the cloak are well restored similar to those from a flat metallic plate. Therein, any object placed inside the cloak can be completely invisible from the background under detection of all polarized wave/light. By contrast, two tilted wavefronts directed toward two strongly scattered pencil beams are clearly observed if no metasurface cloak is available, rending the bump exposed to be completely detectable. Moreover, our cloak enables to work without degenerated performance even under oblique incidence up to θ=25°, where mirror reflections are clearly observed. The insensitive phase response of our meta-atom gives rise to the off-normal operation. Substantial phase errors will be induced for larger θ since the required δ is θ-dependent, which needs precise design to compensate.
Figure 6(a) shows the photograph of the finally assembled metasurface skin cloak by our synergetic strategy of PCB and 3D-printing technique. A total of 40 pixels is periodically repeated along the y-axes to eliminate the finite-size truncation effect, corresponding to an aperture of 220 mm. Figures 6(b)–6(f) depict the experimentally measured NF E-field maps for both bare bump and cloaked bump at 14.5 GHz by scanning an area of 0.22×0.26 m2 in the xz plane. As is much appreciated, all NF results are in good consistency with the FDTD simulations under σx, σy, σ+, and σ− plane wave illumination except that the center cloaking frequency has shifted slightly from 14 GHz to 14.5 GHz in measurements. From Figure 6(b), it is learned that the reflected beam has been distorted and split into various directions. In sharp contrast, different split beams rejoin and manifest almost flat wavefront with uniform intensity in all scenarios of σ when the bump is covered with our metasurface cloak (Figures 6(c)–6(f)), revealing that the distortion of the reflected phase and wavefront is reconstructed for all inspected polarizations. This is quite intriguing with respect to [22], where the object is perfectly hidden only for x polarization and is completely visible by switching σ. The well-recovered wavefront can be further evidenced from the measured highly directive single-mode FF specular scattering patterns shown in Figure 5(d), where reasonable agreement is observed between FDTD calculation and experimental data. The slightly larger sidelobe and wider beamwidth in the latter case are attributed to the nonideal plane wave excitation and insufficient directivity of the triggered horn. Again, our metasurface carpet cloak exhibits an elegant bandwidth of 2/2.5 GHz within 13~15/13~15.5 GHz (experiment/FDTD), corresponding to a fractional bandwidth of 14.3/17.9% (see Supplementary Figures S5–S7 for more NF and FF results at other frequencies). Such a level of bandwidth is very considerable relative to existing metasurface cloaks [22–30].
Finally, our full-polarization metasurface skin cloak can also be specially designed to work under large oblique incidence. Again, the 2D cloak in Figure 7(a) with spatially varied meta-atoms along x direction is implemented according to the phase profile shown in Figure 7(b). Figures 7(c) and 7(d) portray the FDTD-calculated NF and FF results of our cloak designed at θ=30° under x-/y-polarized LP waves and σ+/σ− CP waves. As is shown, the outgoing flattened wavefront is tilted toward θ=−30° for all examined polarizations, indicating a mirror operation of the incident wave. Moreover, the FF scattered patterns precisely steered at an oblique angle of θ=−30° with considerably suppressed sidelobes, revealing a perfect mirror-reflection cloaking behavior. As discussed in Figure 3(c), large fluctuations of reflection amplitude would be induced for meta-atoms at oblique incidence. This is especially true for the nonuniform amplitudes of meta-atoms at two slopes induced by much-deviated incidence angle (θ=90° and 0° for meta-atoms at left and right slopes) at oblique incidence. Such asymmetry nonuniform amplitudes of meta-atoms lead to sharply varied cloaking performance (deteriorative wavefront and large sidelobes) as frequency deviates from the center one, leading to a narrower operation bandwidth of 1 GHz (see Supplementary Figure S8).
To sum up, we have proposed and verified numerically and experimentally a deterministic strategy for full-polarization invisible cloaking. Such a formidably challenging polarization-immune issue is theoretically addressed by imposing two sets of cloaking phases on two decoupled orthogonal spins. For verification, we have designed several sophisticated metasurface thin cloaks on a triangle platform by combining a 3D printing technique and a flexible PCB technique. Results reveal that our metasurface skin cloaks are capable of preserving the predesigned scattering signatures (both amplitude and phase) across an elegant bandwidth under fully polarized light detection. Moreover, the constraints raised by impedance mismatching and the lateral shift of the reflected beams in existing invisibility cloaks are also mitigated. Theoretically and practically, there is no cloaking shape and size limitation endowed by the fabrication. More importantly, our skin cloak possesses a superthin profile of ~λ/200, paving up the way for high-speed aerospace applications where light weight and aerodynamics are a major concern. Our strategy, deterministic and robust, completely addressed the long-held knotty issue of polarization-dependent cloaking and opened up an unprecedented avenue for the extreme capability of ultrathin cloaking of an arbitrary shape, advancing a giant step toward real-world stealth applications. Note that in the revision stage of this work, a spherical 3D cloak with a noneuclidean metasurface is reported independent of the azimuthal angle [43]. However, it still cannot work under CP wave detection, the same issue as discussed previously [23]. A 3D full-polarization metasurface cloak on a pyramid platform with invisibility along quasi-full azimuthal planes is in development based on our robust deterministic approach.
All numerical designs and FDTD characterizations are performed through numerical simulation package CST Microwave Studio. Specifically, in calculations of the reflection amplitudes/phases of the meta-atoms, especially in generating the reflection response database, we imposed periodic boundary conditions at its four bounds and placed a Floquet port 15 mm away from the meta-atom plane in the frequency-domain solver of the commercial software. In the NF and FF numerical characterizations of the σ-sensitive and full-polarization 2D triangle cloaks, the metasurfaces composed of 30×1 and 48×1 spatially varied meta-atoms along two slopes are utilized in time-domain solver with periodic boundary condition assigned to the y side to reduce the calculation volume, while four open boundaries set along the x and z axes.
In the following, we generalize the theory to decouple phases at σ+ and σ− states for both co-LP and cross-LP system, aiming to afford the basic design criterion for full-polarization invisibility in reflection geometry. Suppose an arbitrary meta-atom rotating an angle of α with respect to its central axis under the Cartesian coordinate system, then the emerging linear reflection complex Jones matrix Rα can be formulated as a function of its previous counterpart as Rα=S−1α×R×Sα, where Sα=cosα−sinαsinαcosα. However, such a Jones matrix is derived as Rcα=Λ−1•Rα•Λ in circular polarization (CP) basis under σ+ and σ− state, where Λ=1/211−jj. The exotic feature of an arbitrary meta-atom is indicated by a general matrix R=rxxejφxxrxyejφxyryxejφyxryyejφyy, where φ/rxx, φ/ryx, φ/rxy, and φ/ryy are phase and amplitude spectrum of four x/y-polarized reflection components under the excitation of x/y LP wave. These phases are corresponding to the dynamic phases associated with structure parameters. For a reciprocal system without complete rotational and mirror symmetry breaking discussed here, we have ryx=rxy and φxy=φyx. Then, the reflection Jones matrix in CP basis can be formulated as
(2)Rcα=r++ejδ++r+−ejδ+−r−+ejδ−+r−−ejδ−−=12rxxejφxx+ryyejφyy12e−2αj2jryxejφxy+rxxejφxx−ryyejφyy12e2αj−2jryxejφxy+rxxejφxx−ryyejφyy12rxxejφxx+ryyejφyy.
Eq. (2) reveals that the involving of both geometric phase (e−2αj) and dynamic phase enables completely decoupled δσ+ and δσ−.
In a complete co-LP system with mirror symmetry along the x and y axis, there is no cross-polarization (ryx≈rxy≈0), and we can easily engineer rxx≈ryy≈1. Moreover, the term carrying geometric phase should be unity while the residual r++ and r−− ought to approach zero in order to facilitate a high spin-conversion efficiency which is dependent on copolarization rate. Taking these aspects into consideration, we impose φxx−φyy≈π and further simplify Eq. (1) as Rcα=0eφxx−2αjeφxx+2αj0. In this case, we deduce the required dynamic and geometric phase profiles to cloak objects under dual-spin states.
(3a)φxx=12δσ++δσ−,(3b)φyy=12δσ++δσ−−π,(3c)α=14δσ+−δσ−.
On the contrary, for a complete cross-LP system without mirror symmetry, i.e., rxx≈ryy≈0, we immediately obtain Rcα=0rxyejφxy−2α+π/2rxyejφxy+2α−π/20 and conclude that spin-decoupling efficiency is determined by the cross-LP rate. Then, the required LP phase patterns to achieve simultaneous invisibility at σ+ and σ− states are synthesized as
(4a)φxy=φyx=12δσ++δσ−,(4b)α=14δσ+−δσ−+π.
The cloak sample is prepared based on a four-step dual-sided fabrication process by combining 3D-printing and PCB technique. The supporting triangle platform with specific tilted angles are prepared using 2.5 mm-thick 3D printing polymer material ABS-M30 (dielectric constant εr=2.7 and loss tangent tanδ=0.005) through 3D-printing technique, see Figure 1(b). The top and bottom metallic patterns and ground of our metasurface cloak were fabricated individually on two 0.1 mm-thick flexible F4B dielectric boards (εr=2.65 and tanδ=0.001) using the PCB technique. A CAD process is established which can automatically construct all metallic patterns through program codes in a commercial software based on the reflection response database and position database of each meta-atom. After all PCB boards and supporting platforms are ready, the next step is to align and attach each flexible board to two sides of the ABS-M30 platform to form an entirety through adhesives. Finally, they are shaped and reinforced by clamps for several hours. Such an assembling process avoids metallizing the 3D-printed substrates through thin film sputtering.
All FF and NF experiments are performed in a microwave anechoic chamber to avoid possible interference from the environment, see the experimental setup shown in Supplementary Figure S9. Two pairs of highly directive LP or CP antenna emitting Gaussian wave were utilized as receiver and transmitter. The double-ridged horn exhibiting a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) less than 2.5 within the frequency range 1–18 GHz is utilized as the LP antenna. By altering the orientation of the emitting antenna with respect to the fixed sample, an LP wave excitation can be readily realized with several representative polarization angles of 0°, 30°, 45°, and 90°. For CP wave excitation, the sample was illuminated by a horn with an axial ratio of less than 3.5 dB and a voltage-standing-wave ratio of less than 2.5 within 8~18 GHz.
In all NF contour maps, a 10/15 mm-long monopole, functioning as the receiver, was placed between the 1 m-distanced sample and horn and was connected to an AV3672B Agilent vector network analyzer to record the static EM signals. It was fixed to a 2D electronic step motor that can move automatically in a maximum area of 1.2 m×1.2 m with a step resolution of 5 mm. To guarantee the pure scattering signature, the incident signal in free space was deducted from the total fields. In the FF scattering pattern measurements, the cloak sample and the receive horn to record signals were fixed on a large rigid foam which is capable of rotating freely along the foam’s axial center. The transmitting horn was placed 6 m away to afford the desired excitations.
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China(61701082)
  • National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFA0700202)
  • Villum Fonden(00022988)
  • Key Principal’s Fund of Air Force Engineering University(XNLX19030601)
  • Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province(2020JZ-33)
  • China Association for Science and Technology(17-JCJQ-QT-003)
  • National Defense Foundation of China(2019-JCJQ-JJ-081)
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doi: 10.34133/2021/6382172
  • Receive Date:2020-08-19
  • Online Date:2026-10-27
  • Published:2021-02-20
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  • Received:2020-08-19
  • Accepted:2020-12-07
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National Natural Science Foundation of China(61701082)
National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFA0700202)
Villum Fonden(00022988)
Key Principal’s Fund of Air Force Engineering University(XNLX19030601)
Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province(2020JZ-33)
China Association for Science and Technology(17-JCJQ-QT-003)
National Defense Foundation of China(2019-JCJQ-JJ-081)
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    1Air and Missile Defense College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an 710051, China
    2Institute of Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China
    3College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Hengyang Normal University, Hengyang 421002, China
    4SDU Nano Optics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense, Denmark
    5School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
    6School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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