Rapid customized design of a conformal optical transparent metamaterial absorber based on the circuit analog optimization method

Lin Dong, Liming Si*, Haoyang Xu, Qitao Shen, Xin Lv, Yaqiang Zhuang, Qingle Zhang

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Abstract

In this paper, a conformal optical transparent metamaterial absorber (COTMA) is proposed based on the circuit analog optimization method (CAOM), which can effectively enhance the optimization speed in the metamaterial absorber structure design by quantifying the equivalent circuit parameters. The operating frequency band can be customized at any band through CAOM, such as microwave, terahertz, and near-infrared frequencies. Here, a five-square-patch structure absorber with transparency and flexible properties is achieved. The simulated and measured incident electromagnetic (EM) wave absorptions of COTMA can reach above 90% in 15.77 - 38.69 GHz band. Meanwhile, COTMA exhibits excellent conformal EM absorption, a thinner substrate (0.078 wavelength at 15.77 GHz), lower structure complexity and polarization independence, and it can also be adapted to the EM absorption of different curved screens. This design is expected to have potential applications for wearable electronics, curved surface screens and OLED displays.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8303-8316
Number of pages14
JournalOptics Express
Volume30
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Feb 2022

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