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Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 45, Issue 16, 1629002(2025)

Design of Radar Cross Section Reduction for Polarization Conversion Metasurface

Tao Ma¹, Liping Liu^1,2, Xuehong Sun^1,2、*, Fei Yang³, Tong Yu¹, and Haibo Yu¹

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¹School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, Ningxia , China

²Key Laboratory of Information Intelligent Perception in Ningxia Desert, Yinchuan 750021, Ningxia , China

³School of Electrical and Information Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, Ningxia , China

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Paper Information

Category: Scattering

Received: Apr. 7, 2025

Accepted: May. 8, 2025

Published Online: Aug. 7, 2025

The Author Email: Xuehong Sun (sunxh@nxu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/AOS250615

CSTR:32393.14.AOS250615

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