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2012-11-26
A Polarization-Independent Wide-Angle Dual Directional Absorption Metamaterial Absorber
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 27, 91-201, 2012
Abstract
In this paper, a polarization-independent wide-angle planar metamaterial absorber exhibiting dual directional absorption is proposed. Measurement results indicate that the planar metamaterial absorber achieves absorptivities of 86.87% and 91.48% to the normally incident electromagnetic waves propagating in forward (+z) and backward (-z) directions, respectively. Due to geometry's fourfold rotational symmetry, the absorber is polarization-independent. Additionally, the absorber works well for a wide range of incident angles for both transverse electric and transverse magnetic polarizations. Besides its impressing performance, this planar metamaterial absorber is also extremely thin that it's thickness is approximately 1/32 of the working wavelength.
Citation
Lei Lu, Shaobo Qu, Hua Ma, Fei Yu, Song Xia, Zhuo Xu, and Peng Bai, "A Polarization-Independent Wide-Angle Dual Directional Absorption Metamaterial Absorber," Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 27, 91-201, 2012.
doi:10.2528/PIERM12102101
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