Design of an optically-transparent ultra-broadband microwave absorber

The optical window of low-observable platform needs to be compatible with ultra-broadband absorption,hence an optically-transparent absorber with ultra-broadband absorption is designed and analyzed in this paper.The transparent materials indium-tin-oxide(ITO)film and polymethylmethacrylate(PMMA)are selected as the lossy layer and the supporting dielectric layer,respectively.The optically-transparent ultra-broadband absorber(OT-UBA)is composed of three layers of ITO square patterns,three layers of PMMA dielectric and a uniform ITO plane.The ITO square patterns can realize arbitrary equivalent series of RC(resistor and capacitor)circuit,so that three layers of ITO square patterns together with the ITO plane can achieve ultra-broadband absorption based on the equivalent circuit optimization.Measured results shows that the 90%-absorption bandwidth covers 2-17 GHz while the light transmittance achieves 59.6%with a total thickness of only 12.9 mm.