A metamaterial with multi-band left handed characteristic

A novel left handed (LH) metamaterial (LHM) with multi-band (MB) LH behavior is numerically and experimentally studied based on three split ring resonator pairs (SRRPs). The SRRPs are patterned on both sides of a single dielectric slab, featuring three magnetic resonances and two electric resonances. By cautiously designing the dimensions of each SRRP, the magnetic resonances and electric resonances can be individually controlled, and the resulting negative permeability and negative permittivity can be overlapped to engineer a MB LHM. The multiresonant mechanism has been studied from field distribution analysis and circuit model analysis. For demonstration, a prototype example was fabricated and measured. Good agreement between simulation and measurement is observed. Measurement results indicate two bands of negative refractive index (NRI) in 7.41–7.74 GHz and 9.8–10.4 GHz. The suggested novel LHM opens an alternative to prepare the cloaks, absorbers, antennas, and frequency selective surface (FSS) suitable for multifrequencies.     

Perfect metamaterial absorber based on a split-ring-cross resonator

In this paper, we present a polarization-insensitive metamaterial (MM) absorber which is composed of the dielectric substrate sandwiched with split-ring-cross resonator (SRCR) and continuous metal film. The MM absorber is not limited by the quarter-wavelength thickness and can achieve near-unity absorbance by properly assembling the sandwiched structure. Microwave experiments demonstrate the maximum absorptivity to be about 99% around 10.91 GHz for incident wave with different polarizations. The surface currents distributions of the resonance structure are discussed to look into the resonance mechanism. Importantly, our absorber is only 0.4 mm thick, and numerical simulations confirm that the MM absorber could achieve very high absorptivity at wide angles of incidence for both transverse electric (TE) wave and transverse magnetic (TM) wave. The sandwiched structure is also suitable for designing of a THz and even higher frequency MM absorber, and simulations demonstrate the absorption of 99% at 1.105 THz.     

Broadband and ultra-low reflection metamaterial absorber embedded with magnetic materials

In this study, we design, prepare and characterize a broadband, ultra-low reflectivity and incidence angle-insensitive metamaterial absorber. The design of this absorber not only provides a novel idea for the design of broadband absorbers, but also enhances the application prospects of metamaterial absorbers. By introducing FeSiAlp/epoxy magnetic composite and optimizing the structural parameters, the absorption performance of the metamaterial absorber has been significantly improved. The effective absorption bandwidth (bandwidth with reflectivity less than −10dB) is increased by 3.4 times from 2.19 GHz to 7.49 GHz, and the RL_min (minimum reflection loss) value reaches −38.31 dB at 17.83 GHz, that is the absorption rate reaches 99.99%. Meanwhile, the experimental results also verify the simulation design results. Therefore, the absorber not only plays the characteristics of strong absorption of metamaterial, but also absorbs the advantages of broadband of magnetic material.     

Ultra-thin broadband metamaterial absorber

The design, fabrication, and measurements of a broadband metamaterial absorber are reported. The proposed metamaterial absorber consists of circular metallic patches and a metallic ground plane separated by a dielectric layer. Increasing the number of metallic patches can broaden the frequency range when their resonances are closely packed together, thereby resulting in a broadband resonance. Experimental results show that the proposed absorber has high absorptivity, with a full width at half maximum absorption bandwidth of 2.8 GHz and the relative FWHM absorption bandwidth of 25.3?%. In addition, the absorber can operate at a wide range of incident angles under both transverse electric and transverse magnetic polarizations.     

一种基于3D打印技术的结构型宽频吸波超材料

设计了一种三层宽频吸波超材料,其表层和中间层为单元尺寸不同的周期阵列结构,底层为吸波平板结构,优化后的总厚度仅为4.7 mm,并采用三维(3D)打印技术成功制备了该吸波超材料.吸波体反射率测试结果表明,在电磁波垂直入射条件下,宽频吸收峰分别出现在5.3和14.1 GHz,两峰叠加使得其在4-18 GHz频率范围内反射损耗均小于-10 dB.采用S参数反演法计算了每一层的等效电磁参数,并利用多层结构反射率公式推导得出该模型的理论反射率,理论计算结果与实测结果基本一致.通过研究能量损耗、电场分布和磁场分布揭示了吸波机理,分析表明该吸波体的宽频吸收效果源于三层结构产生的吸收带宽叠加.本文提出的吸波超材料具有良好的宽频吸收效果,尤其在低频范围吸波性能较佳,结合3D打印快速成型技术,可获得结构精细的三层吸波超材料,具有重要的实际应用价值和广阔的应用前景.     

Numerical study of metamaterial absorber and extending absorbance bandwidth based on multi-square patches

A simple design of metamaterial absorber (MA) was proposed based on a periodic array of metal patch at microwave frequencies. Our design could exhibit absorption of 99.9% confirmed by numerical simulation. Such high narrowband absorption which mainly based on strong electric and magnetic resonances overlapping in a certain frequency range and perfect impedance-matched (z = 1) to the free space. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the MA could achieve very high absorptivity at wide angles of incidence for both transverse electric (TE) wave and transverse magnetic (TM) wave. The absorption band of our device is effectively extended by patterning multi-square patches of different dimension elements with appropriate geometrical parameters in a co-planar. Finally, the composite MA is only 0.4 mm thick, with a maximum absorption of 99.8% at 15.8 GHz, and a full width at half maximum (FWHM) bandwidth of 2 GHz by numerical simulation, which may have potential applications in the detection of explosives and stealth.     

极薄宽角度平面超材料吸波体仿真与实验验证

仿真和实验验证了厚度极薄的平面结构超材料吸波体, 该吸波体采用加载交指电容的耶路撒冷十字结构, 通过增加单元间的耦合电容显著降低了其工作频率. 测试结果表明, 该超材料吸波体在1.58 GHz, 吸收率峰值为88.48%, 其厚度为2 mm, 约为1/95工作波长, 吸波体的单元尺寸为11 mm, 约为1/17工作波长. 此外, 通过金属通孔将耶路撒冷十字结构与金属底板相连接, 使其对斜入射横电和横磁极化电磁波具有宽角度吸收特性, 在60°时依然具有较高的吸收率, 且吸收峰频率几乎不发生偏移, 从而使其更具实用价值. 关键词： 极薄 宽角度 超材料吸波体     

基于多阶等离激元谐振的超薄多频带超材料吸波体

本文设计了一种超薄螺旋结构超材料吸波体,其厚度(1.034 mm)约为其工作波长(4.81 GHz,6.59 GHz,9.16 GHz,12.69 GHz和13.71 GHz)的(1/60,1/44,1/32,1/23,1/21).仿真和实验结果表明,该吸波体在4.81 GHz,6.59 GHz,9.16 GHz,12.69 GHz和13.71 GHz处吸收率分别达到94.55%、99.89%、99.73%、99.26%和99.41%,实现了多频带强吸收.从表面电流和功率损耗密度两个方面分析了产生强吸收的原因,理论分析表明,多频带强吸收能在五个相邻频率处产生多阶局域表面等离激元谐振,螺旋结构之间强烈的电谐振使超材料结构单元产生强烈的吸收.该超材料吸波体设计简单、易于制作和应用,在电磁波吸收中具有应用价值.     

一种基于十字镂空结构的低频超材料吸波体的设计与制备

设计了一种十字镂空的超材料结构,与传统的铁磁吸波材料相结合,实现了低频吸收频带的扩宽.仿真结果显示,吸波体在2-4 GHz范围可以实现-10 dB以下的吸收,相比于没有加载超材料的情况,吸收带宽扩展了0.5 GHz.实验结果在2.5-5.1 GHz范围内也显示了相似的吸收曲线,低于-9 dB的吸收频带有0.48 GHz的扩宽,扩展了23%.不同结构的能量损耗密度分布表明,相比于无镂空的十字结构,镂空十字结构可以增加磁场能量损耗,加强单元结构之间的耦合,降低超材料对传统吸波材料性能的破坏.探索了传统铁磁吸波材料厚度的变化对吸波体吸收性能的影响,发现由超材料引入的附加峰位置不随着吸波材料厚度的改变而明显地移动.根据这个结果,进一步设计了由两种超材料叠加组合而成的吸波体,仿真结果和实验结果均显示,在降低了1.1 mm铁磁吸波材料层厚度的情况下,使低频吸收带宽又扩展了0.9 GHz.     

基于宽边耦合螺旋结构的低频小型化极化不敏感超材料吸波体

设计、仿真并实验验证了基于宽边耦合螺旋结构的低频小型化超材料吸波体. 实验测试结果表明, 该超材料吸波体在1.39 GHz吸收率达到最大为98%, 其单元尺寸和总厚度均为6.8 mm, 约为1/32工作波长, 实现小型化窄带吸波. 由于吸波体中螺旋结构是旋转对称排列的, 因而其对垂直入射电磁波的极化方向是不敏感的. 此外, 该超材料吸波体对斜入射横电和横磁极化电磁波在60°时, 仍具有强吸收. 关键词： 超材料 吸波体 小型化     

Electromagnetic and microwave absorption properties of carbonyl iron and carbon fiber filled epoxy/silicone resin coatings

The microwave electromagnetic properties of carbonyl-iron particles as magnetic absorber and carbon fiber as conductive absorber filled insulating epoxy/silicone resin coatings were investigated. The complex permittivity of the coatings increased while the complex permeability remained almost constant in the frequency range of 2–18 GHz, when the carbon fiber content was increased and the carbonyl-iron content kept constant. The minimum reflection loss of the coatings shifted to the lower frequency region by increasing the carbon fiber content or coating thickness. When the content of carbonyl iron was 65 wt% and carbon fiber was 2 wt%, the reflection loss below −10 dB can obtain in the frequency range of 8–18 GHz with coating thickness being 1 mm.     

基于电阻膜的宽频带超材料吸波体的设计

基于电阻膜设计了一种宽频带、极化不敏感和宽入射角的超材料吸波体.该吸波体的结构单元由六边形环状电阻膜结构、介质基板和金属背板组成.仿真得到的反射率和吸收率表明,该吸波体在7.0-27.5 GHz之间对入射电磁波具有宽频带的强吸收,证实了电路谐振相对于电磁谐振易于实现宽带吸波.仿真得到的不同极化角和不同入射角下超材料吸波体的吸收率表明,该吸波体具有极化不敏感和宽入射角特性.仿真得到的基板和电阻膜对超材料吸波体吸收率的影响表明,电阻膜结构和金属背板之间形成的电容以及电阻膜结构的电阻都存在一个最佳值,此时电路谐 关键词： 电阻膜 电路谐振 宽频带 超材料吸波体     

Achieving a multi-band metamaterial perfect absorber via a hexagonal ring dielectric resonator

A multi-band absorber composed of high-permittivity hexagonal ring dielectric resonators and a metallic ground plate is designed in the microwave band.Near-unity absorptions around 9.785 GHz,11.525 GHz,and 12.37 GHz are observed for this metamaterial absorber.The dielectric hexagonal ring resonator is made of microwave ceramics with high permittivity and low loss.The mechanism for the near-unity absorption is investigated via the dielectric resonator theory.It is found that the absorption results from electric and magnetic resonances where enhanced electromagnetic fields are excited inside the dielectric resonator.In addition,the resonance modes of the hexagonal resonator are similar to those of standard rectangle resonators and can be used for analyzing hexagonal absorbers.Our work provides a new research method as well as a solid foundation for designing and analyzing dielectric metamaterial absorbers with complex shapes.     

宽带超薄完美吸波体设计及在圆极化倾斜波束天线雷达散射截面缩减中的应用研究

为了缩减天线带内雷达散射截面(radar cross section, RCS), 在双频带完美吸波材料的基础上, 通过缩小两吸波率峰值之间的距离, 设计出了一种频带较宽的超薄完美吸波体.该吸波体由两层金属及其中间的有耗介质组成, 底面金属不刻蚀, 顶面由方形贴片和绕其四周的开口方环组成, 该结构具有低频点LC谐振和高频点偶极子谐振的特征.仿真和实验结果表明: 该吸波体具有极化不敏感和宽入射角的特征, 其在厚度小于0.01λ的条件下, 具有8.2%的半波功率相对带宽, 最大吸波率的峰值为91.6%和96.5%. 将吸波体用于圆极化的倾斜波束 (tilted beam, TB)天线, 仿真和测试结果表明: 该天线在保持增益不变的条件下, 不仅轴比得到改善, 有效带宽得到拓展, 且在5.5–6.5 GHz范围内TB天线的RCS缩减至少在3 dBsm以上, 在谐振频点处最大缩减幅度分别为11 dBsm和8 dBsm; 在两谐振点处鼻锥方向-36°–+36°范围内, TB天线的RCS缩减均有明显效果. 关键词： 超薄完美吸波体 TB天线 雷达散射截面 圆极化     

Magnetic medium broadband metamaterial absorber based on the coupling resonance mechanism

In this paper, we present a design, simulation and experimental measurement of a metamaterial absorber (MMA) in the microwave regime. The proposed MMA structure consists of periodic cross electric resonators separated from the ground metal plane using a magnetic composite layer. The broadband absorption can be ascribed to the periodic cross electric resonators. The anti-parallel currents are observed at the peak frequency on the surface of the MMA and the ground metal plane, respectively, and thus the coupled resonance magnetic field occurs in the magnetic medium resulting in the magnetic loss. The new absorption peak located at 2.8 GHz broadens the whole absorption spectrum. The frequency of this peck is lower than that of the cross resonator of 3.7 GHz, suggesting the distinguish resonance mechanism: the absorbing properties are ascribed to the phase cancellation, Ohmic loss, dielectric loss at the end of the cross pattern, and the magnetic loss caused by the above mentioned coupled magnetic field. The obvious absorption peak at 2.8 GHz is also observed experimentally verifying the simulation result. All these results indicate the proposed MMA structure is promising for microwave absorbing application.     

The modification of the initial susceptibility of dilute binary ferrofluids based on γ-Fe2O3/ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles

This paper presents a multi-band metamaterial absorber comprising three multi-gap split-ring resonators (SRRs) with different radii and ring widths, designed in combinatorial approach. Experiments demonstrate that it can perform absorption peaks at three resonant frequencies 7.10 GHz, 10.04 GHz, and 17.44 GHz with the absorption of 99.90%, 99.91%, and 99.68%, respectively. The physical mechanism of metamaterial absorber was explained through numerical calculation and simulation, which showed that three absorption peaks were caused respectively by the three four-gap SRRs. The absorber is insensitive to incident angles and polarization states, so it has broad prospect of application.     

A pure dielectric metamaterial absorber with broadband and thin thickness based on a cross-hole array structure

A pure dielectric metamaterial absorber with broadband and thin thickness is proposed, whose structure is designed as a periodic cross-hole array. The pure dielectric metamaterial absorber with high permittivity is prepared by ceramic reinforced polymer composites. Compared with those with low permittivity, the absorber with high permittivity is more sensitive to structural parameters, which means that it is easier to optimize the equivalent electromagnetic parameters and achieve wide impedance matching by altering the size or shape of the unit cell. The optimized metamaterial absorber exhibits reflection loss below -10 dB in 7.93 GHz-35.76 GHz with a thickness of 3.5 mm, which shows favorable absorption properties under the oblique incidence of TE polarization (±45°). Whether it is a measured or simulated value, the strongest absorbing peak reaches below -45 dB, which exceeds that of most metamaterial absorbers. The distributions of power loss density and electric and magnetic fields are investigated to study the origin of their strong absorbing properties. Multiple resonance mechanisms are proposed to explain the phenomenon, including polarization relaxation of the dielectric and edge effects of the cross-hole array. This work overcomes the shortcomings of the narrow absorbing bandwidth of dielectrics. It demonstrates that the pure dielectric metamaterial absorber with high permittivity has great potential in the field of microwave absorption.     

Triple-band metamaterial absorber based on single resonator

The single resonator generally reveals a single absorption band, and the resonators with different sizes or shapes have to be arranged in order to achieve multi-absorption bands. We propose the triple-band metamaterial absorber by utilizing only single resonator. Meta-atoms are made of the toothed-wheel shape metallic pattern and a continuous metallic plane, separated by a dielectric layer. The first and the third absorption bands are induced by the fundamental and the third-harmonic magnetic resonances, respectively, and the second absorption band is induced by the magnetic resonance relevant to two grooves. In addition, the diffraction peak appears between the second and the third absorption bands, due to the surface currents which are separated between the upper and the lower metallic pattern parts. The proposed structure is scalable to smaller size for the infrared and the visible regimes.     

极化无关双向吸收超材料吸波体的仿真与实验验证

设计并制作出极化无关双向吸收超材料吸波体.仿真结果表明,该吸波体对斜入射横电极化和横磁极化电磁波具有较好的吸收效果,其强损耗主要来自介质基板的介电损耗.实验测试结果表明,该吸波体在11.1 GHz对垂直入射电磁波实现双向强吸收,吸收率分别为95.9％和90.8％.该吸波体厚度较薄,工作波长约为1/34.该超材料吸波体具有吸收率高、厚度薄、设计简单、易于加工等优点.     

基于树枝结构单元的超材料宽带微波吸收器

本文设计并制作了一种基于树枝结构单元的超材料宽带微波吸收器.该超材料吸收器采用夹层结构,由按六边形密集排布的金属树枝阵列、双层介质基板和金属薄膜组成.通过调节树枝单元的几何参数和金属树枝阵列的排布方式,可以出现三个吸收峰,实现三频工作.通过调节三个吸收峰工作的频率形成宽频吸收,采用夹层结构提高吸收效率,从而对垂直入射到超材料表面的微波实现高吸收.实验表明吸收器的反射曲线从9.79 GHz到11.72 GHz出现了反射率小于10%的较宽吸收带,透射曲线恒等于0,吸收率大于90%的带宽为1.93 GHz.这种 关键词： 树枝状结构 夹层结构 吸收效率 吸收带宽