Bui Xuan Khuyen

Size-efficient metamaterial absorber at low frequencies: Design, fabrication, and characterization

We numerically and experimentally demonstrated a metamaterial perfect absorber (MPA) in MHz region based on a planar sandwiched metal-dielectric-metal structure. First, the single-peak perfect absorption was obtained at 400 MHz. The ratios of the periodicity of unit cells and the thickness to the absorption wavelength are 1/12 and 1/94, respectively. The advantage of structural design and the mechanism for the low-frequency MPA are described in detail by the comparison between calculation, simulation, and experiment. Influence of the incident angle of electromagnetic (EM) wave for both transverse-electric (TE) and transverse-magnetic (TM) polarization on absorption was also investigated, and the absorption was maintained to be above 95% at incident angles up to 30°. Finally, we propose a self-asymmetric structure, which induces the dual-band perfect absorption in the same range of frequency. The EM behavior of the excitation modes and the mechanism of the dual-band MPA are clearly explained. Especially, w...

Miniaturization for ultrathin metamaterial perfect absorber in the VHF band

An efficient resolution for ultrathin metamaterial perfect absorber (MPA) is proposed and demonstrated in the VHF radio band (30–300 MHz). By adjusting the lumped capacitors and the through vertical interconnects, the absorber is miniaturized to be only λ/816 and λ/84 for its thickness and periodicity with respect to the operating wavelength (at 102 MHz), respectively. The detailed simulation and calculation show that the MPA can maintain an absorption rate over 90% in a certain range of incident angle and with a wide variation of capacitance. Additionally, we utilized the advantages of the initial single-band structure to realize a nearly perfect dual-band absorber in the same range. The results were confirmed by both simulation and experiment at oblique incidence angles up to 50°. Our work is expected to contribute to the actualization of future metamaterial-based devices working at radio frequency.

Simple metamaterial structure enabling triple-band perfect absorber

Two resonators in metamaterial usually correspond only to two absorption peaks. In this report, by breaking the symmetry, we could create multi-fundamental resonances at GHz frequencies in both simulation and experiment. First, a dual-band metamaterial absorber (MA) was achieved for 4.6 and 10.6 GHz. Next, by modifying the relative position of inner square, the triple-band MA was obtained with enhanced absorption properties. In addition, dependence on the polarization of the incident electromagnetic (EM) wave was clarified. The mechanism is elucidated to be an alteration of the coupling strength, which is made by changing the geometrical configuration of the inner square and the outer ring. It is shown that our structural configuration can be applied to the fields where the interaction with a wide range of EM waves exists or is needed.

Polarization-independent, wide-incident-angle and dual-band perfect absorption, based on near-field coupling in a symmetric metamaterial

We numerically and experimentally investigated a dual-band metamaterial perfect absorber (MPA), utilizing the near-field coupling of double split-ring resonators (DSRRs). Owing to the near-field coupling between resonators, two arms in each DSRR resonate in different phases, leading to a dual-band perfect absorption. The proposed MPA also exhibits polarization-insensitive behavior and maintains the high absorption above 90% up to a wide range of incident angle more than 45°. Finally, to further consolidate our approach, a multi-band absorption is also studied by exploiting the near-field coupling among a larger number of DSRRs. Our work is expected to be applied to future broadband devices using MPA.

Ultra-subwavelength thickness for dual/triple-band metamaterial absorber at very low frequency

An integrated model utilizing external parasitic capacitors for a dual-band metamaterial perfect absorber (DMPA) is proposed and demonstrated in the UHF radio band. By adjusting the lumped capacitors on a simple meta-surface, the thickness of absorber is reduced to be only 1/378 and 1/320 with respect to the operating wavelength at 305 and 360.5 MHz, respectively. The simulations and the experiments confirm that the DMPA can maintain an absorption over 91% in a wide range of incident angle (up to 55°) and independent of the polarization of incident radiation. Additionally, we examine the integrated model for smaller dual-band absorber and absorption performance at higher frequencies (LTE band). Finally, we consolidate our approach by fabricating an ultrathin triple-band perfect absorber miniaturized to be only 1/591 of the longest operating wavelength. Our work is expected to contribute to the actualization of metamaterial-based devices working at radio frequency.

Flexible ultrathin metamaterial absorber for wide frequency band, based on conductive fibers

ABSTRACT Flexible and ultrathin wide-band metamaterial absorbers are suggested and demonstrated in the microwave-frequency range. By using resonators of different sizes and conductive fibers on metallic-pattern layer, the total thickness of metamaterial absorber is reduced to be only 1/349 with respect to the operating wavelength at 0.97 GHz. We present the absorption mechanism in terms of the impedance matching with the free space, the distributions of surface current and the three-dimensional distributions for power loss. In simulation, the absorption was over 97% at 0.97–6.12 GHz, and the corresponding experimental absorption band over 97% was 0.87–6.11 GHz. Furthermore, the dielectric substrate of metamaterial absorbers was replaced with flexible substrate in order to have the flexibility and the broadband absorption properties. The absorption band is expanded and the high-absorption performance maintains at the same time. The total thickness of metamaterial absorber comes to be only 1/5194 of the operating wavelength at 0.75 GHz. Our work is expected to contribute to the flexible microwave/electronic devices in the near future. Graphical Abstract

Reversibly-propagational metamaterial absorber for sensing application

We investigated a reversibly-propagational metamaterial perfect absorber (MPA) for X band using two separated identically-patterned copper layers, which were deposited on continuous dielectric FR-4...

HORIZONTALLY PLASMON HYBRIDIZATION ON SYMMETRIC-BREAKING METAMATERIALS

In this report, we present a study on the fundamental negative-permeability metamaterials, named as the cut-wire-pair structure. The physics of the cut-wire-pair metamaterial is interpreted using the electromagnetic analog of molecular-orbital theory. It is shown that a symmetric-breaking cut-wire-pair metamaterial is horizontally plasmon-hybridized, leading to an additional magnetic resonance beyond the conventional one. The transmission spectra and the induced energy distributions are performed to demonstrate our prediction.