Ultrawideband Dispersion Control of a Metamaterial Surface for Perfectly-Matched-Layer-Like Absorption

作者:Ye, Dexin; Wang, Zhiyu; Xu, Kuiwen; Li, Huan; Huangfu, Jiangtao; Wang, Zheng; Ran, Lixin*
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2013, 111(18): 187402.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.187402

摘要

Narrow bandwidth is a fundamental issue plaguing practical applications of metamaterial absorbers. In this Letter, we show that by deliberately controlling the dispersion and dissipation of a metamaterial, an ultrawideband perfect metamaterial absorber with complex-valued constitutive parameters strictly satisfying the modified model of a perfectly matched layer, can be achieved. The nearly perfect power absorption, better than 99%, was experimentally observed in an unprecedented bandwidth of 39%, approaching the theoretical Rozanov limit. We expect a wide range of applications to emerge from this general concept.