An Ultrawideband Polarization-Insensitive Diffusion Metasurface Using Period Changed Unit Cell for RCS Reduction

A polarization-insensitive diffusion metasurface using a period-changed unit cell is presented for reducing the radar cross-section (RCS) of metallic objects in ultrawideband. Two metallic Minkowski loops are proposed as coding elements, different from traditional designs. The "0" element is constructed by period-changed unit cells to achieve a 180 +/- 30 degrees phase difference with the same reflection amplitude of nearly -0.9 dB in an ultrawideband from 7.1 to 29.2 GHz. Multilayer geometry with a thickness of 4.5 mm (about 0.105 lambda(0) at the lowest operating frequency) and rotational symmetry loops are used to realize the ultrawideband characteristic and polarization-insensitive behavior. For verification, a polarization-insensitive diffusion metasurface is designed, fabricated, and measured. The simulated and measured results of the diffusion metasurface are in good consistency and the results both show that the metasurface enables a 10 dB backscattering reduction over an amazing ultrawideband ranging from 7.1 to 29.2 GHz (BW of 122%).