Optically transparent microwave absorber based on water-based moth-eye structures

dc.contributor.authorKwon, H.
dc.contributor.authorD'Aguanno, Giuseppe
dc.contributor.authorAlú, A.
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-30T20:47:22Z
dc.date.available2022-06-30T20:47:22Z
dc.date.issued2021-03-09
dc.description.abstractWe propose an approach to realize an optically transparent microwave absorber based on water-based moth-eye metamaterial structures. The absorber is made of a periodic array of properly shaped glass caps infiltrated with distilled water. Analytical calculations and numerical simulations show that the water-based metamaterial absorbs electromagnetic waves over a wide spectral band ranging from 4GHz to well above 120GHz, showing absorption levels close to 100% for incident radiation that ranges from normal to grazing angles, for both TE and TM polarizations. Yet, the structure is optically transparent, offering exciting opportunities in a variety of civil and military applications, such as for camouflage and shielding systems and in energy harvesting structures.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation; Simons Foundation; U.S. Department of Defense.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-29-6-9190&id=449075en_US
dc.format.extent9 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2uxxk-6wj5
dc.identifier.citationH. Kwon, G. D’Aguanno, and A. Alú, "Optically transparent microwave absorber based on water-based moth-eye structures," Opt. Express 29, 9190-9198 (2021).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1364/OE.418220
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/25088
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherOpticaen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.titleOptically transparent microwave absorber based on water-based moth-eye structuresen_US
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dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7132-0103en_US

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