Low-frequency and broadband metamaterial absorber based on lumped elements: design,characterization and experiment

In this paper, we propose and experimentally validate a low-frequency metamaterial absorber (MMA) based on lumped elements with broadband stronger absorptivity in the microwave regime. Compared with the electric resonator structure MMA, the composite MMA (CMMA) loaded with lumped elements has stronger absorptivity and nearly impedance-matched to the free space in a broadband frequency range. The simulated voltage in lumped elements and the absorbance under different substrate loss conditions indicate that incident electromagnetic wave energy is mainly transformed to electric energy in the absorption band with high efficiency and subsequently consumed by lumped resistors. Simulated surface current and power loss density distributions further clarify the mechanism underlying observed absorption. The CMMA also shows a polarization-insensitive and wide-angle strong absorption. Finally, we fabricate and measure the MMA and CMMA samples. The CMMA yields below ?10 dB reflectance from 2.85 to 5.31 GHz in the experiment, and the relative bandwidth is about 60.3 %. This low-frequency microwave absorber has potential applications in many martial fields.     

基于超材料的微波双波段吸收器

基于闭合双环单元结构, 设计、仿真、测试了对偏振无依赖性的双波段超材料吸收器. 实验结果表明, 该设计在频率4.06 GHz和6.66 GHz存在两个显著吸收峰, 吸收率分别为99.60%和95.83%, 并且在入射角达到50°时, 吸收率仍然保持在83%以上. 由于单元结构具有旋转对称性, 使得该吸收器对偏振不敏感, 能同时实现横电波和横磁波的双波段吸收. 吸收频率决定于闭合环大小, 调节闭合环尺寸能够灵活实现特定频率的吸收. 这些优点使我们的设计在多频谱成像、热辐射探测等应用中表现出较大的潜力.     

太赫兹频域的强双带特异材料吸收体

We report the design and simulation of a dual-band perfect terahertz absorber which is composed of an electric Split-Resonance-Ring（eSRR） layer, polyimide spacer and a metal plate layer. The absorber has two near-unity absorptions near 0. 502 THz and 0. 942 THz and both are related to the LC resonance of the eSRR. The results show that the designed terahertz absorber is an excellent electromagnetic wave concentrator. The electromagnetic waves are firstly converged into the spacer and the eSRR layer and are then significantly absorbed.     

A terahertz polarization insensitive dual band metamaterial absorber

Metamaterial absorbers have attracted considerable attention for applications in the terahertz range. In this Letter, we report the design, fabrication, and characterization of a terahertz dual band metamaterial absorber that shows two distinct absorption peaks with high absorption. By manipulating the periodic patterned structures as well as the dielectric layer thickness of the metal-dielectric-metal structure, significantly high absorption can be obtained at specific resonance frequencies. Finite-difference time-domain modeling is used to design the structure of the absorber. The fabricated devices have been characterized using a Fourier transform IR spectrometer. The experimental results show two distinct absorption peaks at 2.7 and 5.2?THz, which are in good agreement with the simulation. The absorption magnitudes at 2.7 and 5.2?THz are 0.68 and 0.74, respectively.     

太赫兹频域的强双带特异材料吸收体(英文)

We report the design and simulation of a dual-band perfect terahertz absorber which is composed of an electric Split-Resonance-Ring(eSRR) layer, polyimide spacer and a metal plate layer. The absorber has two near-unity absorptions near 0.502 THz and 0.942 THz and both are related to the LC resonance of the eSRR. The results show that the designed terahertz absorber is an excellent electromagnetic wave concentrator. The electromagnetic waves are firstly converged into the spacer and the eSRR layer and are th...     

A design of ultra-broadband metamaterial absorber

In this paper, an ultra-broadband, wide-angle polarization-insensitive metamaterial absorber is designed at microwave frequencies. The absorber consists of a periodic array of metallic strips with the lumped resistances fabricated on a dielectric substrate with a ground plane. The proposed absorber is single-layered and symmetric, thus leading to very thin and polarization-insensitive characteristics. According to the surface current distributions, the proposed absorber can operate three resonant modes including two dipole resonances and an LC resonance. By adjusting the geometry and lumped resistances of the structure, three resonant modes can be effectively connected together, and thus an ultra-broadband response can be realized. The simulated and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed absorber produces a good absorption above 80% at normal incidence and above 60% at oblique incidence with the incident angle smaller than 45° between 6 and 16.2 GHz.     

Broad band absorber based on cascaded metamaterial layers including graphene

In order to extend the absorption band of the metamaterial with tilted graphene sheets, we use cascaded metamaterial layers and study the dependence of absorption on the structure parameters. The absorption spectra can be obtained through the transfer matrix method that we derive from the special metamaterial. The individual band of these metamaterial layers could be adjusted by modifying their geometrical and electrical parameters. We find that the absorption bandwidth of cascaded structure can be much increased with the number of layers increasing.     

准全向平板超材料吸波体的设计

本文设计了一种具有准全向吸波特性的平板超材料吸波体,其准全向吸波特性是由超材料吸波单元的双面吸波、极化不敏感和宽入射角实现的.理论分析和仿真结果表明:该吸波体在6.18 GHz的确有一个双面吸波的吸收点,且吸收率对极化角和入射角均不敏感.提取的等效阻抗表明可以调节超材料的电磁响应使其在吸收频率处与自由空间阻抗匹配来抑制反射.仿真的能量损耗分布表明:该吸波体对电磁波的吸收主要源于基板的介质损耗;采用两种不同介质基板的设计可使前吸波体与后吸波体的耦合度明显降低、抑制耦合所导致的传输.该吸波体可能在许多领域具有 关键词： 准全向吸波 双面吸波 极化不敏感 宽入射角     

Perfect metamaterial absorber design for solar cell applications

A new perfect metamaterial absorber based on metal-dielectric layer combination is designed and investigated to be used in solar cell application. The designed structure is particularly presented in the range of solar spectrum in order to utilize the solar energy effectively. Parametric studies with respect to the dimensions of the structure are carried out to characterize the absorber. According to the results, it is found that the metamaterial absorber has 99.99% absorption at 403.5 THz. In addition, the fractional bandwidth (FBW) of the absorption region is calculated and 22.2% FBW is obtained. Moreover the simulation results showed that the proposed design is also polarization and incident angle insensitive. As a result, the proposed metamaterial absorber provides perfect absorption for visible and near infrared frequency ranges and can be used for the realization of more efficient new solar cells.     

基于二氧化钒宽、窄带可切换的双功能超材料吸收器研究

本文提出了一种宽、窄带可切换的双功能超材料吸收器.在超材料吸收器的结构中,引入了相变材料二氧化钒(VO2),仅利用单个可切换超表面就能实现不同的功能,其不同功能之间的相互转换通过VO2绝缘态和金属态之间的可逆相变特性实现.当VO2处于金属态时,设计的结构可以看作一个超材料宽带吸收器.仿真结果表明,在1.55THz至2....     

太赫兹波段电磁超材料吸波器折射率传感特性

太赫兹超材料吸波器作为一类重要的超材料功能器件,除了可以实现对入射太赫兹波的完美吸收外,还可以作为折射率传感器实现对周围环境信息变化的捕捉与监测.通常从优化表面金属谐振单元结构和改变介质层材料和形态两个方面出发,改善太赫兹超材料吸波器的传感特性.为深入研究中间介质层对太赫兹超材料吸波器传感特性的影响,本文基于金属开口谐...     

基于电阻型频率选择表面的宽带雷达超材料吸波体设计

将多边开缝式电阻型频率选择表面 (frequency selective surface, FSS)与传统的磁性吸波材料(radar absorption materials, RAM)复合, 提出了一种新型吸波体模型. 在分析该模型材料结构和拓扑结构的基础上, 得到等效电路模型; 基于传输线理论获得该模型的反射率及输入阻抗. 采用CST仿真软件对电阻型FSS与无电阻型FSS进行对比仿真, 通过分析吸波效率, 结果表明电阻型FSS在8.7 GHz附近具有更加优良的吸波性能, 实物测试结果与仿真结果一致. 同时FSS复合传统的磁性吸波材料RAM 产生了拓频效果, 在8–15 GHz范围内起到全频段吸收.     

Dual-band isotropic metamaterial absorber based on near-field interaction in the Ku band

We numerically and experimentally investigate single-band and dual-band isotropic metamaterial absorbers (IMAs) based on metallic disks. By optimizing the diameter of the metallic disks and the thickness of the dielectric substrate, the single-band IMA is observed at 16.2 GHz with absorptivity of 97%. When adding one disk-pair to the structure, the dual-band IMA is obtained at 12.8 and 15.5 GHz due to the symmetry breaking. The physical mechanics is explained by near-field coupling effect and equivalent LC circuit model. The measurement results performed in the range 12–18 GHz show a good agreement with simulation and theoretical analysis. Our findings demonstrate a new approach to achieve dual-band and multi-band IMAs.     

A simple design of ultra-broadband and polarization insensitive terahertz metamaterial absorber

Ultra-broadband metamaterial absorbers have attracted considerable attention due to their great prospect for practical applications. These absorbers are usually stacked by many (no. <20) different shaped or sized subunits in a unit cell, making it quite troublesome to be fabricated. Simple design for ultra-broadband absorber is urgently necessary. Herein, we propose a simple design of ultra-broadband and polarization insensitive terahertz metamaterial absorber based on a double-layered composite structure on a metallic board, and each layer consists of two sets of different sized square metallic plates. Greater than 90 % absorption is obtained across a frequency range of 0.85 THz with the central frequency around 1.60 THz. The relative absorption bandwidth of the device is greatly improved to 53.3 %, which is much larger than previous results. The mechanism of the ultra-broadband absorber is attributed to the overlapping of four closely resonance frequencies. The proposed metamaterial absorber has potential applications in detection, imaging and stealth technology.     

宽频带动力吸振器功率流特性研究

通过在弹性振动体上附加动力吸振器,可有效抑制弹性体的共振能量,针对一般弹性体模态丰富的特点,本文提出一种宽频带动力吸振器的形式,并对这种宽频带动力吸振器的吸振性能进行分析,为今后的优化设计和优化布置奠定理论基础。     

双向多频超材料吸波器的设计与实验研究

利用金属线单元组合法, 仿真设计并制作了一种在通信频段(0.8-3GHz)的双向多频超材料吸波器. 仿真与实验结果表明: 该吸波器对于不同极化和宽角度入射的电磁波有三个稳定的吸波频点, 分布在2.04GHz, 2.34GHz和2.65GHz, 吸收率分别达到92.3%, 95.3%和94.7%. 该吸波器设计简单、灵活性强、吸收效果好、易于加工, 为通信领域的电磁屏蔽或抗电磁干扰提供了新的方法. 关键词： 超材料 双向多频吸收 极化不敏感 宽角度入射     

High-performance double-sided absorber,based on metamaterial

We propose a double-sided metamaterial perfect absorber (MPA) at microwave frequencies, showing absorption of 96.8% at 8.45 GHz. By employing identical front metal-patterned layer for the backside of MPA, it presents the same performance for the incident wave from both sides. Minimization of the reflectance and the transmission, by matching the impedance of free space with that of the MPA and by increasing the imaginary part of refractive index, leads to high absorption. We demonstrated the absorption mechanism with the distribution of power loss and surface current at the absorption frequencies. The polarization-insensitivity was also achieved due to the symmetric pattern, and the influence of incident angle for the TE mode was also elucidated. These properties are expected to be used in practical applications such as communication device, sensing, and imaging.     

Polarization insensitive, broadband terahertz metamaterial absorber

We present the simulation, implementation, and measurement of a polarization insensitive broadband resonant terahertz metamaterial absorber. By stacking metal-insulator layers with differing structural dimensions, three closely positioned resonant peaks are merged into one broadband absorption spectrum. Greater than 60% absorption is obtained across a frequency range of 1.86?THz where the central resonance frequency is 5?THz. The FWHM of the device is 48%, which is two and half times greater than the FWHM of a single layer structure. Such metamaterials are promising candidates as absorbing elements for bolometric terahertz imaging.