Ultra Wideband Radar Cross Section Reduction by Using Polarization Conversion Metasurfaces

Abstract

In this paper, a polarization conversion metasurface (PCM) is designed for ultra wideband radar cross section (RCS) reduction. The proposed polarization conversion metasurface consists of double-heads arrow unit cell with its 90°, 180° and 270° rotated ones to create the destructive interferences cancellation and radar cross section (RCS) reduction, consequently. The proposed metasurface demonstrates ultra-wide band 10-dB RCS reduction from 9 to 40 GHz (126.5%) for normally TM- and TE- polarized incident waves. The good agreement between the simulation and measurement results at 0°, 20° and 40° incident angles prove the idea, also. The ultra wideband RCS reduction of the proposed metasurface as well as its low profile, light weight and low cost prove its high capability compared with the state of the art references.