| publication name | Design of Alvarez Beam Scanning Reflectarray with Inversely Proportional Focal Length |
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| Authors | MKT Al-Nuaimi, SL Zhu, WG Whittow, RS Chen, GL Huang, A Mahmoud |
| year | 2023 |
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| volume | Not Available |
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| pages | Not Available |
| publisher | Not Available |
| Local/International | International |
| Paper Link | Not Available |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
In this letter, a beam scanning Alvarez reflectarray (RA) metasurface with its focal length ( F ) inversely proportional to the phase distribution on the Alvarez RA aperture is presented for ±45 o beam scanning coverage and less than 3-dB gain loss. The beam scanning mechanism is based on mechanically tilting the Alvarez RA panel to the desired direction to steer the beam. Compared to a conventional RA where F is directly proportional to the parabolic phase distribution, the proposed Alvarez RA shows a wider 1-dB and 3-dB gain bandwidth, higher aperture efficiency (AE ) , and wider scanning range with less than 3-dB gain loss. The proposed RA has adopted an Alvarez phase distribution which is a summation of two shifted cubic phase profiles. Pancharatnam- Berry (PB) meta-atoms of sub-wavelength periodicity were utilized to provide the 360 o phase range and to enhance the bandwidth of the RA. An