A tunable metamaterial absorber using varactor diodes
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In this article, a polarization-insensitive tunable tunable metamaterial absorber with varactor diodes embedded between metammaterial units is presented. But the design, analysis and measurements of the tunability of the absorber are not discussed.Abstract:
We present the design, analysis and measurements of a polarization-insensitive tunable metamaterial absorber with varactor diodes embedded between metamaterial units. The basic unit shows excellent absorptivity in the designed frequency band over a wide range of incident angles. By regulating the reverse bias voltage on the varactor diode, the absorption frequency of the designed unit can be controlled continuously. The absorption mechanism is interpreted using the electromagnetic-wave interference theory. When the metamaterial units are placed along two orthogonal directions, the absorber is insensitive to the polarization of incident waves. The tunability of the absorber has been verified by experimental results with the measured bandwidth of 1.5?GHz (or relative bandwidth of 30%).read more
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