基于VO2圆环结构的温控宽带超材料吸波器

设计了一种基于不同半径的二氧化钒（VO₂）圆环加载于介质层上的宽带可调超材料吸波器,利用VO₂随温度变化的相变特性,实现了外部温度对吸收曲线的动态调节.通过仿真计算表明,该吸波器在外部温度为350K时在8.09~11.23THz带宽范围内吸收率可达90%以上,表现出高吸收特性;而外部温度为300K时在相同频段内吸收率始终低于20%,从而实现了对电磁波吸收的可调功能.进一步对吸波器的等效阻抗和电场分布进行分析讨论,阐明VO₂对吸收性能的调节机制.此外,文章讨论了结构参数、偏振角以及入射角对吸收的影响.其结果表明,合理选择结构参数可实现吸收性能与偏振角、入射角的无关性.本文的结论对于设计其它类型的超宽带可调吸波器具有重要的指导意义.     

基于超材料的椭圆波束馈源技术研究

针对传统工程用椭圆波束馈源带宽窄、加工难度大等问题,设计了一种新型的椭圆波束馈源,即在角锥喇叭内壁加载超材料层,使得馈源在水平极化和垂直极化两个极化辐射相同椭圆外形的波束。根据阻抗匹配原理,当电磁波水平极化和垂直极化入射时波阻抗的乘积与真空中波阻抗乘积相等时,超材料单元的性能达到最优,将优化后的超材料单元周期排布为超材料层加载到喇叭内壁,即可形成椭圆波束馈源。在Grasp软件中仿真计算了该馈源作为前馈馈源和后馈馈源使用时,反射面天线的电气性能。仿真结果表明：在工作频带10.95GHz-14.5GHz内,基于超材料的椭圆波束馈源实现了良好的极化波束等化,波束宽度比在0.9-1.14之间,驻波小于1.55。前馈照射反射面时,天线效率在65%-75%之间,交叉极化电平低于-30dB;后馈照射反射面时,天线效率在61%-72%之间,交叉极化电平低于-30dB,验证了馈源设计的可行性。     

基于超材料设计的钡铁氧体吸波涂层研究

本工作设计了一种基于超材料结构的钡铁氧体吸波涂层,分析了超材料的结构设计对钡铁氧体涂层吸波性能的影响,并对涂层的吸波机理进行了研究和讨论。通过仿真发现,钡铁氧体涂层经超材料设计改进后,吸波性能得到大幅增强,改进后的钡铁氧体涂层存在最佳的匹配厚度2.5mm和电阻膜方块电阻值70Ω/,此时涂层的吸收带宽最大,并存在两个吸收峰,在8～18GHz频段内反射损耗都小于-10dB。钡铁氧体通过超材料设计改进后,吸波性能得到极大改善。     

智能超材料研究与进展

本文以智能超材料关键技术为主线,基础研究和新产品研发为辅,简要论述近年来智能超材料的发展现状和趋势。根据智能超材料所调控激元的不同,可分为智能电磁超材料,智能机械超材料,智能热学超材料,智能耦合超材料,此外两项关键技术为智能超材料新型设计与仿真技术和材料制备技术与材料基因工程。这些智能超材料在科学基础研究方面涉及超材料中多物理场耦合机制,新型人工原子与人工分子设计,超材料与自然材料的融合,超材料可调性探索和新型传感型超材料机制探求。基础研发和技术拓展将推进智能超材料施展到更加广泛的应用领域,如微型天线及无线互联,光电磁隐身,医学图像上用的完美成像,航空航天和交通车辆所用的智能蒙皮,精密仪器制程与片上实验室集成型超材料等。基于上述国内外智能超材料研究的发展趋势,本文进行了系统性的分类厘清,并分析了其研究现状,给出了我国智能超材料发展的美好愿景。     

基于矩形谐振环的微流体传感器

提出了一种用在GHz频段的超介质微流体传感器,用于对具有不同复介电常数的溶液进行高分辨率的辨析,灵敏度达到了4.382 mm/RIU.具有结构简单、检测方便、检测样品用量小等特点.利用样品溶液流经通道时将会改变原有的超介质单元的谐振频率和峰值衰减的原理来进行传感,待测溶液的介电性能可以通过建立谐振特性和样品复介电常数之间的关系来获得.利用等效电路的分析对传感器进行了优化,使其可以同时使用谐振频率和峰值衰减作为指标来进行样品溶液的辨析.     

Wideband high aperture efficiency antennas with beam switching for mmWave 5G base stations

A compact metamaterial inspired sub‐wavelength unit cells are integrated into wideband Vivaldi antenna. A high gain Vivaldi antenna with 50% impedance bandwidth is proposed. The dimensions of the antenna are 1.55 λ₀ × 3.2 λ₀ at 28 GHz. Gain enhancement of 3‐dB achieved by placing metamaterial unit cells in the aperture of the antenna. These unit cells aid in phase correction of the antenna. The 1‐dB gain bandwidth of antenna is 42% with a peak gain of 12.5 dBi indicating high pattern integrity. Corrugations of varying length are introduced in the ground plane to improve front‐to‐back ratio without altering the input impedance bandwidth. The aperture efficiency of the metamaterial loaded Vivaldi antenna is 78% at 28 GHz. The proposed element is used in a stacked module to achieve wide angular coverage of 120°.     

Design and fabrication of a new high gain multilayer negative refractive index metamaterial antenna for X‐band applications

This article presents the design of a planar high gain and wideband antenna using a negative refractive index multilayer superstrate in the X‐band. This meta‐antenna is composed of a four‐layer superstrate placed on a conventional patch antenna. The structure resonates at a frequency of 9.4 GHz. Each layer of the metamaterial superstrate consists of a 7 × 7 array of electric‐field‐coupled resonators, with a negative refractive index of 8.66 to 11.83 GHz. The number of layers and the separation of superstrate layers are simulated and optimized. This metamaterial lens has significantly increased the gain of the patch antenna to 17.1 dBi. Measurements and simulation results proved about 10 dB improvement of the gain.     

含超材料AZO/ZnO光子晶体近红外滤波特性的研究

基于电磁波的传输矩阵理论,对一维光子晶体在近 红外波段0.85－2.30 μm滤波特性进行了分析研究。由MoS₂和半导体超材料AZO/ZnO构成(AB)N型光子晶体,其中AZO/Zn O是掺铝氧化锌层和氧化锌层交替形成的具有人 工周期结构的各项异性材料,在部分近红外波段具有负的折射率。数值分析表明:此结构光 子晶体在0.85－2.30 μm波 段具有四个光子通带;带隙随B层中填充因子h的增大发生蓝移;光子晶体透射 峰的数量由光子晶体周期N决定, 即周期为N时,每个通带透射峰的数量为N－1;通过改变膜层厚 度能实现对透射波长的调控,如增加A层或B层厚 度,透射波中心波长发生红移;而光波入射角度的增加将使透射波中心波长发生蓝移。由超 材料AZO/ZnO构成的光 子晶体的滤波特性为光通信波段多通道可调谐高性能滤波器的设计提供理论参考。     

Broadband and low‐loss composite right/left‐handed transmission line based on broadside‐coupled lines

A novel composite right/left‐handed (CRLH) transmission line (TL) structure is proposed and investigated. This structure consists of a pair of broadside‐coupled lines and a shorted stub. First, its fundamental characteristics and the relation between its electrical parameters and bandwidth are studied utilizing the TL theory. Then, closed‐form design equations with flexible parameter selection are given. Finally, several microstrip implementations of the proposed structure are developed to verify our theoretical results. It is shown that the proposed structure can achieve a very wide left‐handed (LH) and right‐handed (RH) bandwidth with low insertion loss and low return loss.     

Ultrathin dual‐layer triple‐band flexible microwave metamaterial absorber for energy harvesting applications

An ultrathin dual‐layer flexible metamaterial absorber with triple‐band for RF energy harvesting applications has been reported in this article. The sub‐wavelength unit cell of the proposed absorber is composed of six distinct concentric annular having outer circumference of ring and octagonal inner circumference. The metallic resonators are constructed from copper foil self‐adhesive tape which are affixed on flexible neoprene rubber sheet terminated by metal ground plate. The proposed absorber prototype is ultrathin and compact with the thickness less than 0.037λ₀ and cell size less than 0.2λ₀ at the lower absorption frequency of 1.75 GHz. Flexible dual‐layer absorber exhibits triple absorption peaks of 96.91%, 96.41% and 90.12% at 1.75 GHz, 2.17 GHz and 2.6 GHz with full width at half maximum (FWHM) bandwidth of about ~6.5%. The RF performance of proposed absorber is numerically computed for different polarization and incidence angle variations. The absorption value is above 76% for the oblique incidence angle up to 45° in TE mode operation, whereas the absorption value is 94% for oblique incidence angle up to 60° in TM mode operation. The measured outcomes are in agreement with the numerically calculated results. The energy harvesting potential of the proposed absorber structure is numerically confirmed by the resulting improved RF absorption value in dependence to different resistive loading of the polarization insensitive unit cells.