Dear researchers, I'm working on desinging quad ridged polarizers as you may see in picture. I have designed one in simulation but I'm not sure that I did the simulation rigth. The picture (from an article) you see is an example of my design. I put two wave ports at the square ends and each port has 2 modes and with 90 degree phase difference. Port modes are along the diagonals as you may see in picture (E1 and E2).

After simulation I used formulas in the picture to calculare axial ratio (AR) and XPD (cross polar discrimination) phase difference. Using those values I also calculated XPD in dB .The resulting graphs have the tpye of results I see and expect in the articles. But I'm not sure that I used correct formulas. Can someone has knowlegde of this subject please help?

I also not sure about how to measure it too. I have 2pcs 4 port OMT (RX-V, RX-H, TH-V, TX-H V--> vertical H-->horizantal) may be used for measurement. I couldn't find any type of source that explains how to measure these polarizers using OMT or something else. Can someone also explain or give me guidance for correct measurement of quad ridged polarizer?

Thanks in advance.

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