Extended Jones formalism for perfectly conducting metallic polarizers: Application to polarization properties of single or stacked twisted metamaterials

Based on a renewed Jones formalism, we study single or stacked metallic meta-materials for the terahertz domain. This allows us to theoretically investigate with a simple and analytical model several polarization applications featuring high transmission such as the design of half-wave plates and polarization converters, and a new formulation of the Malus Law for metallic polarizers.