基于双Z形金属条的双入射型左手材料研究

提出了一种新型二维左手材料结构单元,该结构由介质板及其两侧放置的两个反向对称的Z形金属条组成.在电磁波垂直于介质板和平行于介质板入射两种情况下,这种结构单元于X波段均表现出左手通带特性.通过模拟仿真,提取等效电磁参数,建立等效磁谐振电路模型,分析验证了该结构的左手特性.并将双Z形结构与相似的工字形结构相比较,发现在电磁波垂直入射时两种结构均出现相似的左手通带,而在电磁波平行入射时,只有双Z形结构实现了双负特性.结果表明这种双Z形左手单元结构具有更优越的电磁波入射适应特性,即实现了双入射型左手结构单元. 关键词： 双Z形结构 二维 左手材料 双入射     

基于蘑菇型结构的双入射超宽带复合媒质材料设计与分析

通过设计一定的单元结构, 可以实现超宽带人工电磁材料. 基于蘑菇型金属结构, 提出了一种同时具有左右手通带无缝结合的超宽带双入射型复合媒质材料结构单元. 该结构由嵌入到介质板的两个反向对称的蘑菇型金属结构组成, 能够同时引发电谐振和磁谐振而得到左手通带. 通过利用CST软件仿真、等效电磁参数提取、折射率计算以及建立等效磁谐振电路模型等方法, 分析验证了该结构的双入射特性和左手特性. 仿真结果表明, 在电磁波垂直于介质板和平行于介质板入射两种情况下, 在X波段均表现出左手通带特性, 并具有1 GHz以上的左手带宽. 当电磁波垂直于介质板入射时, 在7.2 GHz-9.3 GHz频段为右手通带, 在9.3 GHz-11 GHz频段为左手通带; 当电磁波平行于介质板入射时, 在7.0 GHz-9.0 GHz频段为右手通带, 在9.0 GHz-10 GHz频段为左手通带. 在两种情况下分别于9.3 GHz与9.0 GHz处得到了零折射率, 从而构造了一种正-零-负复合媒质材料, 实现了具有3 GHz带宽的双入射超宽带平衡结构.     

十字环型左手材料单元结构设计与仿真

提出了一种新型十字环型左手材料结构单元.该结构只需在介质板单侧蚀刻, 即可在二维方向上产生等效负介电常数和等效负磁导率.通过理论分析, 提出场-路结合的等效源分析法以计算等效介电常数、磁导率, 并据此对十字环型结构单元的左手特性激发机理进行了论证. 后采用Nicolson-Ross-Weir 等效参数法提取了十字环型单元阵列的相对介电常数和相对磁导率, 并通过棱镜实验对材料的负折射特性进行了验证.实验表明, 该左手材料在6.8-6.9 GHz频段具有二维入射左手特性. 此种左手材料制作工艺相对简单, 为左手材料在微波器件领域的应用提供了一种较为实用的设计方案.     

同时实现介电常数和磁导率为负的H型结构单元左手材料

基于用一种结构同时实现材料介电常数和磁导率为负的思想，提出了H型结构单元左手材料模型.采用矩形波导法测试表明，H型结构单元在微波频率范围出现左手透射峰，并且可以由参数t对左手特性区域进行调控.同时利用相位法、棱镜折射法和散射参量法从实验和理论证明了在左手透射峰区域材料的折射率为负值，介电常数和磁导率亦同时为负.相对由金属开口谐振环与金属线两种结构组合实现的左手材料，H型结构集磁谐振与电谐振于一体，结构简单、制备方便，对微波器件左手材料表现出更多的优越性.     

连通的开口和闭口谐振环构成的磁超材料设计

在已有的磁超材料和左手材料结构中,负等效磁导率主要通过开口谐振环、平行短金属线对或者它们的变形结构来实现. 这些结构要求入射电磁波的电场方向平行于基板. 针对这一特点,利用将开口和闭口的谐振环相连通的思想,设计出了入射电磁波的电场方向垂直于基板型的三维磁超材料,并予以实验验证. 该对称结构中金属线线宽的变化对磁谐振频率影响很小,有利于实际的加工和应用. 同时,该结构对于设计三维以及具有极化无关、均匀各向同性等特点的磁超材料和左手材料具有参考价值. 关键词： 磁超材料 谐振环 电场方向     

基于多开口田字形宽频带低损耗左手材料

提出了一种基于多开口田字形单元结构实现材料左手特性的设计方案.该结构是在介质基板单侧集成电、磁谐振器形成左手单元.通过理论分析、软件仿真、加工测试、提取有效电磁参数,结果表明该结构在12.7—21.1 GHz范围内具有双负特性(等效介电常数ε0,等效磁导率μ0),基本覆盖Ku波段,绝对带宽可达8.4 GHz,单元损耗低于0.3 d B.同传统的左手材料相比,该结构以更小的单元尺寸,更低的损耗实现了更宽的左手频带,为宽频带、低损耗微波左手材料的设计及广泛应用提供了重要参考.     

TE10矩形波导中填充金属线阵和铁氧体合成的新型左手媒质

在TE₁₀矩形波导中填充金属线阵和铁氧体合成了一种新型的左手媒质结构.分别使用了转移函数矩阵方法以及全波仿真工具Ansoft HFSS对所提出的结构进行了分析.结果表明,在横向磁化铁氧体等效磁导率实部为负的频段范围内,该合成结构呈现左手通带特性并伴随着后向波的传播现象.由于横向磁化铁氧体的等效磁导率为负的频段范围可调,故所提出的结构具有左手通带范围可调的特性. 关键词： 左手媒质 10矩形波导')" href="#">TE₁₀矩形波导 金属线阵 铁氧体     

双负媒质结构改善Ku波段天线辐射特性

基于负介电常数和负磁导率产生原理,采用金属细线和裂环谐振器结构,针对12.5 GHz频率开展双负媒质结构设计。通过特殊边界条件下S参数计算以及Nicolson-Ross-Weir方法,完成等效参数的提取,获得介电常数、磁导率、折射率实部均为负值,且折射率接近于0的左手材料特性。将双负媒质结构加载于Ku波段圆锥喇叭口面进行仿真优化,提高天线增益2.17 dB,在11~13 GHz频带范围内,加载天线的增益均有所改善。实验结果表明,口面加载双负媒质结构后,天线增益提高1.51 dB,后向辐射减小5.7 dB,辐射特性获得了明显改善。     

纳米多孔氮化铌薄膜红外宽带光响应特性

具有超导绝缘相变特性的纳米多孔超导薄膜在红外光电探测领域有着潜在的应用价值,而其在红外波段的宽带光响应特性研究目前尚未见报道.为此,本文以纳米多孔氮化铌(NbN)薄膜为主要对象,研究了其在780—5000nm的近、中红外波长范围内的光响应特性.首先,采用Drude模型拟合的方法,不仅将对实验数据拟合的精度提高了约17%,而且得到了中红外波段的NbN光学参数;进而,采用时域有限差分法分析了加载纳米多孔NbN薄膜的背面对光器件的光响应特性,并给出了能够将纳米多孔薄膜简化为均匀薄膜的Bruggeman等效模型,从而可以将纳米多孔NbN薄膜光响应特性的仿真维度由三维降为一维;最后,基于等效模型和传输矩阵法,对加载纳米多孔NbN薄膜的背面对光器件在近、中红外波段内的光吸收特性进行了优化设计.结果表明:一方面,使用Bruggeman等效模型简化设计过程并不会影响最终结果的正确性;另一方面,仅仅是加载较为简单的光学腔,即可使得探测器的薄膜光吸收率在近、中红外宽带设计时均大于82%,在近红外双波长设计时均大于93.7%,并且多孔薄膜结构具有天然的极化不敏感特性.     

左手材料的响应频段和单元尺寸关系的研究

目前左手材料的负折射现象只发生在微波波段,通常把发生负折射现象的这个频率波段称为响应频段.由于左手材料的响应频段的频率很低,而常用的波源是太阳光或者是可见光,因此左手材料的应用受到极大的限制.如何使左手材料的响应频段从低频移到高频或者说从微波波段移到可见光波段是迫切需要解决的问题.在周期性结构的左手材料中影响响应频段的因素很多,例如周期性结构的单元形状、单元尺寸等等.文中通过改变周期性结构左手材料的单元尺寸实现了响应频段的移动,同时经实验和计算机模拟得到了单元尺寸和响应频段的关系即随着单元尺寸变小响应频段 关键词： 左手材料 周期性结构 单元尺寸 响应频段     

Negative refraction and imaging beyond the diffraction limit by a two-dimensional left-handed metamaterial

We report our experimental results on two-dimensional left-handed metamaterials (LHM) exhibiting negative refraction and subwavelength imaging. Transmission and reflection spectra of LHM are studied and a left-handed transmission band is observed at the frequencies where both dielectric permittivity and magnetic permeability are negative. Impedance matching is verified both with the experiments and simulations. The two-dimensional LHM structure is verified to have a negative refractive index. We employed three different methods to observe negative refraction; refraction through prism-shaped LHM, beam shifting method, and phase shift experiments. We further demonstrated subwavelength imaging and resolution using LHM superlenses. The effect of thickness on the resolving power is investigated experimentally.     

Multi-band left-handed metamaterial inspired by tree-shaped fractal geometry

We report an alternative method of designing a new metamaterial with left handed (LH) characteristics over multi-band (MB) frequencies at microwave frequency regime. The resultant LH metamaterial (LHM) consisting of a single-sided tree-shaped fractal structure features triple magnetic resonances and one electric resonance apart from the lower metal plasma response, which is responsible for the three bands of negative refraction. The multi-resonant mechanism has been systematically studied to account for all electromagnetic behaviors, and capacitor–inductor circuit models are put forward for quantitative analysis. The LHM is balanced in the fundamental passband when only one layer is utilized, whereas the balanced condition is slightly broken when a collection of sub-wavelength cells are cascaded. The negative-zero-positive refraction of the fundamental LH band and the negative refraction of the higher LH band have been numerically validated by a prism-like LHM. For demonstration, a three-layer LHM slab sample is fabricated and measured. Consistent numerical and experimental results are observed. The method not requiring individual resonant particles and electrically continuous wires paves the way for a new route to compact MB LHM design.     

Structure for localizing electromagnetic waves with a left-handed-medium slab and a conducting plane

A new structure is proposed for localizing electromagnetic waves and energies with a left-handed-medium (LHM) slab and a perfectly electrically conducting (PEC) plane. When a current source is placed in front of a perfectly matched LHM slab with negative permittivity -epsilon0 and negative permeability -mu0 and a PEC plane is placed at the image point, we show rigorously that all the electromagnetic waves are confined in a region between the source and the PEC plane, and the fields outside the region are completely zero. Such an energy-localization system would be useful in medical treatments that use concentrated optical and microwave energies. However, a perfectly matched LHM is unphysical and does not exist in nature. Hence we further study the loss and retardation effects of LHM on the energy localization. Numerical results are presented for the lossy LHM structure to demonstrate the energy localization.     

Left-handed metamaterial based superlens for subwavelength imaging of electromagnetic waves

Lenses made of negative index materials have the ability to focus the propagating and evanescent components of electromagnetic waves. Such a possibility enables super resolution, in turn resulting in sharper, subwavelength size images. In this present work, we present subwavelength imaging that was obtained from a one-dimensional left-handed metamaterial (LHM) composed of alternating layers of split-ring resonators and thin wires. We investigated the effect of the thickness of LHM lenses on image size. The left-handed pass band within the negative permittivity and permeability region is shown experimentally and theoretically for different thicknesses of LHM slabs. We also studied the transmission-phase of LHMs with a different number of unit cells along the propagation direction. The phase decreases with the increasing thicknesses of LHM slabs, proving that the phase velocity is negative in the left-handed transmission band. PACS 42.25.-p; 41.20.Jb; 81.05.-t     

Power propagation in homogeneous isotropic frequency-dispersive left-handed media

We study transmission at a boundary between a right-handed medium (RHM: epsilon>0, mu>0) and a frequency dispersive left-handed medium [LHM: epsilon(omega)<0, mu(omega)<0 for some omega], both homogeneous and isotropic. In order to account for the dispersion, two types of signal spectra are considered. The first consists of two discrete frequencies, while the second is Gaussian. Explicit expressions for the time-domain fields are obtained, from which the time-averaged Poynting vectors and hence power flow vectors are calculated. In both cases, we find that waves refract at negative angles at a RHM-LHM interface.     

A planar left-handed metamaterial based on electric resonators

A planar left-handed metamaterial(LHM) composed of electric resonator pairs is presented in this paper.Theoretical analysis,an equivalent circuit model and simulated results of a wedge sample show that this material exhibits a negative refraction pass-band around 9.6GHz under normal-incidence and is insensitive to a change in incidence angle.Furthermore,as the angle between the arm of the electric resonators and the strip connecting the arms increases,the frequency range of the pass-band shifts downwards.Consequently,this LHM guarantees a relatively stable torlerence of errors when it is practically fabricated.Moreover,it is a candidate for designing multi-band LHM through combining the resonator pairs with different angles.     

Propagation of Gaussian beams family through a Kerr-type left-handed metamaterial

In this paper the propagation of elegant Hermite-cosh-Gaussian, elegant Laguerre Gaussian, and Bessel Gaussian beams through a Kerr left-handed metamaterial(LHM) slab have been studied. A split-step Fourier method is used to investigate the propagation of laser beams through this media. Numerical simulation shows that Gaussian beams have different focusing behaviors in a Kerr LHM slab with positive or negative nonlinearity. Beam focusing happens in slabs with positive nonlinearity and not in slabs with negative nonlinearity; however, negative nonlinearity is required for a Kerr LHM slab to act like a lens. Additionally, the focusing properties of beams can be controlled by controlling the thickness of the slab or the input power of the incident beam. A multilayer structure is also proposed to have beam focusing by thinner slabs and passing longer distances.     

Focusing and phase compensation of paraxial beams by a left-handed material slab

On the basis of angular spectrum representation, a formalism describing paraxial beams propagating through an isotropic left-handed material (LHM) slab is presented. The treatment allows us to introduce the ideas of beam focusing and phase compensation by LHM slab. Because of the negative refractive index of LHM slab, the inverse Gouy phase shift and the negative Rayleigh length of paraxial Gaussian beam are proposed. It is shown that the phase difference caused by the Gouy phase shift in right-handed material (RHM) can be compensated by that caused by the inverse Gouy phase shift in LHM. If certain matching conditions are satisfied, the intensity and phase distributions at object plane can be completely reconstructed at the image plane.     

Effect of spiral left-handed material with near-zero index on rectangular microstrip antenna

In this paper, spirals are arranged periodically on the surface of the substrate, making a left-handed material (LHM) with a near-zero index of refraction. A radiation patch is etched on the surface of this substrate, making an antenna. The finite difference time domain method is used to study the effect of this LHM with a near-zero index of refraction on the microstrip. At f=13.78 GHz, the equivalent permittivity and permeability of the proposed spiral materials are both negative; at f=28.02 GHz, the equivalent permittivity and permeability are both negative and the refraction index is near zero. Compared with conventional microstrip antenna, the radiation gain of the antenna is much higher and the return loss is much lower due to the near-zero-index effect.     

关于左手性介质几何光学的研究（二）

利用几何光学方法研究了由左手性介质制成的简单透镜的光学特性.推理分析了左手性介质透镜处球形界面的负折射规律，并依此表明了常用光学公式仍适用于左手性介质.指出了左手性介质透镜相对于用传统介质制作的普通透镜所具备的固有优点，最后证实了利用单块左手性介质透镜即可完全消球差，并相应提供了零球差左手性介质透镜的设计实例.