Highly-Efficient, Dual-Polarized Huygens’ Metasurfaces for Scan-Angle Enhancement Without Directivity Degradation

We hereby propose a dual-polarized beam-deflecting metasurface that can double the scan-angle range of a phased-array antenna without compromising the directivity across all scan angles, including broadside. In particular, our research focuses on expanding the scanning range of a dual-polarized phas...

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Main Authors: Jaemin Kim, Mohammad Soltani, Minseok Kim, George V. Eleftheriades
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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description We hereby propose a dual-polarized beam-deflecting metasurface that can double the scan-angle range of a phased-array antenna without compromising the directivity across all scan angles, including broadside. In particular, our research focuses on expanding the scanning range of a dual-polarized phased-array antenna capable of independently steering TE and TM waves. This is achieved by placing a dual-polarized phase-gradient Huygens&#x2019; metasurface in front of the antenna. The Huygens&#x2019; metasurface employs crossed meander lines in four impedance layers that are suitably optimized to independently control the local electric and magnetic responses for maximizing the transmission for all incident beams. We validate our approach through theoretical analysis, full-wave simulations, and experimental verification. It is demonstrated that the beam-deflecting HMS achieves effective scan range expansion to <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$-30^{\circ } \sim 0^{\circ } $ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0^{\circ } \sim 30^{\circ } $ </tex-math></inline-formula> for TE and TM beams, respectively, using a dual-polarized phased array antenna source that scans from &#x2212;15&#x00B0; and 15&#x00B0;.
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spelling doaj-art-813982a6c2cd4e479f94751a5aa3bc152025-08-20T03:07:40ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113832198322810.1109/ACCESS.2025.356589210980303Highly-Efficient, Dual-Polarized Huygens&#x2019; Metasurfaces for Scan-Angle Enhancement Without Directivity DegradationJaemin Kim0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0410-8313Mohammad Soltani1https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3335-7356Minseok Kim2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2158-061XGeorge V. Eleftheriades3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7987-3864The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaThe Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaSchool of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Hongik University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaThe Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaWe hereby propose a dual-polarized beam-deflecting metasurface that can double the scan-angle range of a phased-array antenna without compromising the directivity across all scan angles, including broadside. In particular, our research focuses on expanding the scanning range of a dual-polarized phased-array antenna capable of independently steering TE and TM waves. This is achieved by placing a dual-polarized phase-gradient Huygens&#x2019; metasurface in front of the antenna. The Huygens&#x2019; metasurface employs crossed meander lines in four impedance layers that are suitably optimized to independently control the local electric and magnetic responses for maximizing the transmission for all incident beams. We validate our approach through theoretical analysis, full-wave simulations, and experimental verification. It is demonstrated that the beam-deflecting HMS achieves effective scan range expansion to <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$-30^{\circ } \sim 0^{\circ } $ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0^{\circ } \sim 30^{\circ } $ </tex-math></inline-formula> for TE and TM beams, respectively, using a dual-polarized phased array antenna source that scans from &#x2212;15&#x00B0; and 15&#x00B0;.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10980303/Phased arraysbeam steeringHuygens’ metasurfacedual-polarization
spellingShingle Jaemin Kim
Mohammad Soltani
Minseok Kim
George V. Eleftheriades
Highly-Efficient, Dual-Polarized Huygens&#x2019; Metasurfaces for Scan-Angle Enhancement Without Directivity Degradation
IEEE Access
Phased arrays
beam steering
Huygens’ metasurface
dual-polarization
title Highly-Efficient, Dual-Polarized Huygens&#x2019; Metasurfaces for Scan-Angle Enhancement Without Directivity Degradation
title_full Highly-Efficient, Dual-Polarized Huygens&#x2019; Metasurfaces for Scan-Angle Enhancement Without Directivity Degradation
title_fullStr Highly-Efficient, Dual-Polarized Huygens&#x2019; Metasurfaces for Scan-Angle Enhancement Without Directivity Degradation
title_full_unstemmed Highly-Efficient, Dual-Polarized Huygens&#x2019; Metasurfaces for Scan-Angle Enhancement Without Directivity Degradation
title_short Highly-Efficient, Dual-Polarized Huygens&#x2019; Metasurfaces for Scan-Angle Enhancement Without Directivity Degradation
title_sort highly efficient dual polarized huygens x2019 metasurfaces for scan angle enhancement without directivity degradation
topic Phased arrays
beam steering
Huygens’ metasurface
dual-polarization
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10980303/
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