基于电谐振单元的超介质吸波材料及矩形波导匹配终端应用研究

针对在自由空间中测试超介质吸波材料的高复杂性及高成本特点, 实验研究了4种由电谐振单元构成的超介质吸波材料在X波段(8–12 GHz)矩形波导里的吸波性能. 实验结果表明, 此4种吸波材料在终端短路的矩形波导里显示出与其在自由空间中相似的吸波性能及吸波机理.据此, 进一步研究了基于超介质吸波材料的矩形波导匹配终端应用. 分析结果显示, 此种新型匹配终端具有结构紧凑、工作频段可简单控制、成本低等优点. 通过展宽超介质吸波材料的吸波频段可设计出宽频带的矩形波导匹配终端. 关键词： 电谐振单元 超介质 吸波材料 匹配终端     

Metamaterial absorbers realized in an X-band rectangular waveguide

In this paper,we demonstrate six types of metamaterial absorbers(MMAs) by measuring their absorptivities in an X-band(8-12 GHz) rectangular waveguide.Some of the MMAs have been demonstrated previously by using the free space measurement method,and the others are proposed firstly in this paper.The measured results show that all of the six MMAs exhibit high absorptivities above 98%,which have similar absorbing characteristics to those measured in the free space.The numerically obtained surface current densities for each MMA show that the absorbing mechanism is the same as that under the free space conditions.Such a demonstration method is superior to the conventional free space measurement method due to the small-scale test samples required,the simple measure device,and its low cost.Most importantly,the proposed method opens a way to enable MMAs to be used in microwave applications such as matched terminations.