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2015-01-29
Ultra-Compact Metamaterial Absorber with Low-Permittivity Dielectric Substrate
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 41, 25-32, 2015
Abstract
We analyze and discuss an ultra-compact metamaterial absorber (MA) by introducing meander lines into the resonant cells and covering another dielectric layer onto the MA. The size reduction procedures are presented step by step and an ultra-compact metamaterial absorber with in-plane (lateral) dimension of λ/28 and vertical thickness of λ/37 is obtained. We further present two variations of MA con gurations which can reach similar ultra-compact sizes. The proposed ultra-compact MAs show near-unity absorption under a wide range of incident angles for both TE and TM radiations.
Citation
Haibin Sun, Yongjun Huang, Jian Li, Weiren Zhu, and Guangjun Wen, "Ultra-Compact Metamaterial Absorber with Low-Permittivity Dielectric Substrate," Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 41, 25-32, 2015.
doi:10.2528/PIERM14122401
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