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Broad band metamaterial absorber based on wheel resonators with lumped elements for microwave energy harvesting

Optical and Quantum Electronics volume 50, Article number: 225 (2018) Cite this article

Abstract

A new metamaterial absorber structure is designed and characterized both numerically and experimentally for microwave energy harvesting applications. The proposed structure includes four wheel resonators with different dimensions, from which the overall response of the structure can then be obtained by summing all the overlapping frequency responses corresponding to each dimension. The essential operation frequency range of the wheels is selected in such a way that the energy used in wireless communications and found within the environment that we live is absorbed. The dimensions are obtained using parametric study and genetic algorithm to realize wideband absorption response. When the simulation and measurement results are taken into account, it is observed that the metamaterial absorber based harvester has potential to absorb and convert microwave energy with an absorption ratio lying within the range of 80 and 99% for the frequency band of 3–5.9 and 7.3–8 GHz. The conversion efficiency of the structure as a harvester is found to be greater than 0.8 in the interval of 2–5 GHz. Furthermore, the incident angle and polarization dependence of the wheel resonator based metamaterial absorber and harvester is also investigated and it is observed that the structure has both polarization and incident angle independent frequency response with good absorption characteristics in the entire working frequency band. Hence, the suggested design having good absorption, polarization and angle independent characteristics with wide bandwidth is a potential candidate for future energy harvester using wireless communication frequency band.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Iskenderun Technical University, Iskenderun, 31200, Hatay, Turkey

    Muharrem Karaaslan, Mehmet Bağmancı, Emin Ünal, Oguzhan Akgol & Olcay Altıntaş

  2. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Middle East Technical University - Northern Cyprus Campus, Kalkanli, Guzelyurt, 99738, TRNC/Mersin 10, Turkey

    Cumali Sabah

  3. Kalkanli Technology Valley, Middle East Technical University - Northern Cyprus Campus, Kalkanli, Guzelyurt, 99738, TRNC/Mersin 10, Turkey

    Cumali Sabah

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Karaaslan, M., Bağmancı, M., Ünal, E. et al. Broad band metamaterial absorber based on wheel resonators with lumped elements for microwave energy harvesting. Opt Quant Electron 50, 225 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-018-1484-2

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Keywords

  • Metamaterial
  • Wheel resonators
  • Broad band absorber
  • Energy harvesting