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Title: Broadband patterned magnetic microwave absorber

Abstract

It is a tough task to greatly improve the working bandwidth for the traditional flat microwave absorbers because of the restriction of available material parameters. In this work, a simple patterning method is proposed to drastically broaden the absorption bandwidth of a conventional magnetic absorber. As a demonstration, an ultra-broadband microwave absorber with more than 90% absorption in the frequency range of 4–40 GHz is designed and experimentally realized, which has a thin thickness of 3.7 mm and a light weight equivalent to a 2-mm-thick flat absorber. In such a patterned absorber, the broadband strong absorption is mainly originated from the simultaneous incorporation of multiple λ/4 resonances and edge diffraction effects. This work provides a facile route to greatly extend the microwave absorption bandwidth for the currently available absorbing materials.

Authors:
; ; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. State Key Lab of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070 (China)
  2. School of Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070 (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22308548
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 116; Journal Issue: 4; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; ABSORPTION; DIFFRACTION; GHZ RANGE; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RESONANCE; THICKNESS

Citation Formats

Li, Wei, Wu, Tianlong, Wang, Wei, Guan, Jianguo, and Zhai, Pengcheng. Broadband patterned magnetic microwave absorber. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4891475.
Li, Wei, Wu, Tianlong, Wang, Wei, Guan, Jianguo, & Zhai, Pengcheng. Broadband patterned magnetic microwave absorber. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4891475
Li, Wei, Wu, Tianlong, Wang, Wei, Guan, Jianguo, and Zhai, Pengcheng. 2014. "Broadband patterned magnetic microwave absorber". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4891475.
@article{osti_22308548,
title = {Broadband patterned magnetic microwave absorber},
author = {Li, Wei and Wu, Tianlong and Wang, Wei and Guan, Jianguo and Zhai, Pengcheng},
abstractNote = {It is a tough task to greatly improve the working bandwidth for the traditional flat microwave absorbers because of the restriction of available material parameters. In this work, a simple patterning method is proposed to drastically broaden the absorption bandwidth of a conventional magnetic absorber. As a demonstration, an ultra-broadband microwave absorber with more than 90% absorption in the frequency range of 4–40 GHz is designed and experimentally realized, which has a thin thickness of 3.7 mm and a light weight equivalent to a 2-mm-thick flat absorber. In such a patterned absorber, the broadband strong absorption is mainly originated from the simultaneous incorporation of multiple λ/4 resonances and edge diffraction effects. This work provides a facile route to greatly extend the microwave absorption bandwidth for the currently available absorbing materials.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4891475},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22308548}, journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
issn = {0021-8979},
number = 4,
volume = 116,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}