Going Beyond Perfect Absorption: Reconfigurable Super-directive Absorbers
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| author | Li, Yongming Ma, Xikui Wang, Xuchen Tretyakov, Sergei A. |
| author_facet | Li, Yongming Ma, Xikui Wang, Xuchen Tretyakov, Sergei A. |
| contents | In the context of electromagnetic absorption, it is obvious that for an infinite planar periodic structure illuminated by a plane wave, the maximum attainable absorptance, i.e., perfect absorption, is theoretically limited to 100% of the incident power. Here we show that an intriguing possibility of overcoming this limit arises in finite-size resonant absorbing arrays. We present a comprehensive analysis of a simple two-dimensional strip array over an infinite perfectly conducting plane, where the strips are loaded by reconfigurable impedance loads. The absorptance is defined as the ratio of the dissipated power per unit length of the strips to the incident power on the unit length of the array width. The results show that even regular arrays of impedance strips can slightly overcome the limit of 100% absorptance, while using aperiodic arrays with optimized loads, absorptance can be significantly increased as compared with the scenario where the strips are identical. In principle, by tuning the reconfigurable loads, high super-unity absorptance can be realized for all angles of illumination. |
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| spellingShingle | Going Beyond Perfect Absorption: Reconfigurable Super-directive Absorbers Li, Yongming Ma, Xikui Wang, Xuchen Tretyakov, Sergei A. Applied Physics In the context of electromagnetic absorption, it is obvious that for an infinite planar periodic structure illuminated by a plane wave, the maximum attainable absorptance, i.e., perfect absorption, is theoretically limited to 100% of the incident power. Here we show that an intriguing possibility of overcoming this limit arises in finite-size resonant absorbing arrays. We present a comprehensive analysis of a simple two-dimensional strip array over an infinite perfectly conducting plane, where the strips are loaded by reconfigurable impedance loads. The absorptance is defined as the ratio of the dissipated power per unit length of the strips to the incident power on the unit length of the array width. The results show that even regular arrays of impedance strips can slightly overcome the limit of 100% absorptance, while using aperiodic arrays with optimized loads, absorptance can be significantly increased as compared with the scenario where the strips are identical. In principle, by tuning the reconfigurable loads, high super-unity absorptance can be realized for all angles of illumination. |
| title | Going Beyond Perfect Absorption: Reconfigurable Super-directive Absorbers |
| topic | Applied Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.11971 |