Triple-band linear and circular reflective polarizer based on E-shaped metamaterial

We present the design, analysis, and measurement of a triple-band linear and circular reflective polarizer based on an E-shaped metamaterial. Measured results show that the proposed reflective polarizer can convert a linearly polarized wave to its cross-polarized wave at the three resonant frequencies, which can also convert the linearly polarized wave to a circularly polarized wave at three other resonant frequencies. Furthermore, the reflective wave can maintain the same rational direction at the three resonant frequencies when the incident is a circularly polarized wave. The simulated and measured results are in agreement in the entire frequency range, and the polarization conversion ratio (PCR) is over 90% for both linear and circular polarizations. The mechanism of polarization conversion is interpreted by using surface current distributions.