Customised broadband metamaterial absorbers for arbitrary polarisation
- 5 October 2010
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express
- Vol. 18 (21), 22187-22198
- https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.18.022187
Abstract
This paper shows that customised broadband absorption of electromagnetic waves having arbitrary polarisation is possible by use of lossy cut–wire (CW) metamaterials. These useful features are confirmed by numerical simulations in which different lengths of CW pairs are combined as one periodic metamaterial unit and placed near to a perfect electric conductor (PEC). So far metamaterial absorbers have exhibited some interesting features, which are not available from conventional absorbers, e.g. straightforward adjustment of electromagnetic properties and size reduction. The paper shows how with proper design a broad range of absorber characteristics may be obtained.Keywords
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