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Magnetic medium broadband metamaterial absorber based on the coupling resonance mechanism

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In this paper, we present a design, simulation and experimental measurement of a metamaterial absorber (MMA) in the microwave regime. The proposed MMA structure consists of periodic cross electric resonators separated from the ground metal plane using a magnetic composite layer. The broadband absorption can be ascribed to the periodic cross electric resonators. The anti-parallel currents are observed at the peak frequency on the surface of the MMA and the ground metal plane, respectively, and thus the coupled resonance magnetic field occurs in the magnetic medium resulting in the magnetic loss. The new absorption peak located at 2.8 GHz broadens the whole absorption spectrum. The frequency of this peck is lower than that of the cross resonator of 3.7 GHz, suggesting the distinguish resonance mechanism: the absorbing properties are ascribed to the phase cancellation, Ohmic loss, dielectric loss at the end of the cross pattern, and the magnetic loss caused by the above mentioned coupled magnetic field. The obvious absorption peak at 2.8 GHz is also observed experimentally verifying the simulation result. All these results indicate the proposed MMA structure is promising for microwave absorbing application.

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The work is supported by the State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, BIT, PR China. WCL thanks the Chinese Scholarship Council for the financial support of his study in ACCIS, Bristol University, UK. FXQ is supported under the JSPS fellowship.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P.R. China

    Wangchang Li & Xiaojing Qiao

  2. Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science, (ACCIS), University of Bristol, Queen’s Building, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TR, UK

    Wangchang Li, Yang Luo & H. X. Peng

  3. National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, 305-0047, Japan

    F. X. Qin

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Li, W., Qiao, X., Luo, Y. et al. Magnetic medium broadband metamaterial absorber based on the coupling resonance mechanism. Appl. Phys. A 115, 229–234 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-013-7996-5

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