Left-Handed Characteristics Tunable C-Shaped Varactor Loaded Textile Metamaterial for Microwave Applications

This paper presents a textile-based C-shaped split-ring resonators(SRR)metamaterial(MTM)unit cells with an electrical tunability function.The proposed MTM was composed of two symmetrical C-shaped SRR combined with a central diagonal metal bar,whereas the RF varactor diode is placed on the backside of the splitted ground plane.Stopband behavior of single and array MTM unit cells were analyzed while the achieved negative index physical characteristics were widely studies.Though four different MTM arrays(i.e.,1×1,1×2,2×1,and 2×2)were analyzed in simulation,a 2×2-unit cell array was chosen to fabricate,and it was further undergone experimental validation.This proposed tunable MTM exhibits double negative(DNG)/left-handed properties with an average bandwidth of more than 2.8 GHz.Furthermore,attainable negative permittivity and negative permeability are within 2.66 to 9.59 GHz and within 2.77 to 15 GHz,respectively,at the frequency of interest(between 1 and 15 GHz).Moreover,the proposed tunable MTM also showed tunable transmission coefficient characteristics.The proposed electrically tunable textile MTM might function in a dynamic mode,making it suitable for a variety of microwave-wearable applications.A satisfactory agreement between simulations and experiments were achieved,demonstrating that the proposed MTM can operate over a wide bandwidth.

A new tunable elastic metamaterial structure for manipulating band gaps/wave propagation

A one-dimensional mechanical lattice system with local resonators is proposed as an elastic metamaterial model,which shows negative mass and negative modulus under specific frequency ranges.The proposed representative units,consisting of accurately arranged rigid components,can generate controllable translational resonance and achieve negative mass and negative modulus by adjusting the local structural parameters.A shape memory polymer is adopted as a spring component,whose Young’s modulus is obviously affected by temperature,and the proposed metamaterials’tunable ability is achieved by adjusting temperature.The effect of the shape memory polymer’s stiffness variation on the band gaps is investigated detailedly,and the special phenomenon of intersecting dispersion curves is discussed,which can be designed and controlled by adjusting temperature.The dispersion relationship of the continuum metamaterial model affected by temperature is obtained,which shows great tunable ability to manipulate wave propagation.

Graphene-Based Tunable Polarization Insensitive Dual-Band Metamaterial Absorber at Mid-Infrared Frequencies

A graphene-based tunable dual-band metamaterial absorber which is polarization insensitive is numerically pro- posed at mid-infrared frequencies. In numerical simulation the metamaterial absorber exhibits two absorption peaks at the resonance wavelengths of 6.246 μm and 6.837μm when the Fermi level of graphene is fixed at 0. 6 eV. Absorption spectra at different Fermi levels of graphene are displayed and tuning functions are discussed in detail. Both the resonance wavelengths of the absorber blue shift with the increase in Fermi level of graphene. Moreover, the surface current distributions on the gold resonator and ground plane at the two resonance wavelengths are simulated to deeply understand the physical mechanism of resonance absorption.

Tunable zeroth-order resonator based on a ferrite metamaterial structure

This paper proposes a tunable zeroth-order resonator on a composite right/left-handed transmission line consisting of a transversely magnetized ferrite substrate periodically loaded by microstrip inductors. Based on the propagation theory of edge guided modes, the analysis procedure of this structure is introduced. The numerical results demonstrate the tunability of the resonant frequency by changing the DC bias magnetic field applied to the ferrite. In contrast to previous work, the proposed structure is easy to design and fabricate and does not require a chip component.

Voltage-tunable dual-layer terahertz metamaterials

This paper presents the design,fabrication,and characterization of a real-time voltage-tunable terahertz metamaterial based on microelectromechanical systems and broadside-coupled split-ring resonators.In our metamaterial,the magnetic and electric interactions between the coupled resonators are modulated by a comb-drive actuator,which provides continuous lateral shifting between the coupled resonators by up to 20μm.For these strongly coupled split-ring resonators,both a symmetric mode and an anti-symmetric mode are observed.With increasing lateral shift,the electromagnetic interactions between the split-ring resonators weaken,resulting in frequency shifting of the resonant modes.Over the entire lateral shift range,the symmetric mode blueshifts by~60 GHz,and the anti-symmetric mode redshifts by~50 GHz.The amplitude of the transmission at 1.03 THz is modulated by 74%;moreover,a 180°phase shift is achieved at 1.08 THz.Our tunable metamaterial device has myriad potential applications,including terahertz spatial light modulation,phase modulation,and chemical sensing.Furthermore,the scheme that we have implemented can be scaled to operate at other frequencies,thereby enabling a wide range of distinct applications.

Tunable metamaterial absorber based on resonant strontium titanate artificial atoms

Dynamic control of the absorption frequency and intensity of metamaterial absorbers has attracted considerable attention,and many kinds of tunable metamaterial absorbers have been proposed.Unfortunately,due to the integration of separate resonant unit and tunable unit,these designed metamaterial absorbers suffer from complex structure and low sensitivity.We numerically and experimentally demonstrate a tunable metamaterial absorber composed of artificial dielectric atoms as both resonant and tunable unit arrayed periodically in the background matrix on the metallic plate.Polarization insensitive and wide incident angle absorption band with simulated and experimental absorptivity of 99%and 96%at 9.65 GHz are achieved at room temperature.The absorption frequency can be gradually modulated by temperature,however,the absorption intensity at working frequency remains near unity.The dielectric atoms based tunable metamaterial absorbers with simple structure have potential applications as tempe rature sensors and frequency selective thermal emitters.

Tunable THz spectrum analyzer with hyperspectral resolution

We present a tunable terahertz(THz)spectrum analyzer with hyperspectral resolution formed from electrically tunable metamaterial and plasmonic structures.As few as eight encoders based on four detectors are needed to recover 396 spectral bands.The incident spectra in the range of 1–5 THz can be reconstructed with a localization precision of 0.3 GHz and a minimum average mean squared error(MSE)of 6.9×10−5.Our proposed analyzers are faster and more portable than those based on frequency combs and power meters,and more accurate than existing Fourier transform techniques,showing promising applications in pathology,biomedical imaging,and many other areas.