Abstract:
In this study, an ultra-compact metamaterial absorber (MMA) has been proposed for microwave applications comprising two modified square-shaped
resonators printed on a dielectric substrate and terminated by a metallic
plane. The proposed MMA exhibits perfect absorption at 3.36 GHz, 3.95 GHz
and 10.48 GHz, covering S- and X-band applications. The absorber is ultracompact (0.112 k) in size and ultra-thin (0.018 k) in thickness at the lowest
resonating frequency. The normalized impedance, constitutive electromagnetic parameters, electric field and surface current distribution have been
studied to understand the physical mechanism of the triple-band absorption.
Furthermore, the absorber is analyzed with different polarization and incident
angles for transverse electric waves. The proposed MMA has been experimentally demonstrated to verify the results obtained from simulations.
Moreover, the effect of over-layer thickness is investigated to examine the
sensing application of the absorber.
