Ultra-broadband microwave metamaterial absorber with tetramethylurea inclusion

Opt Express. 2019 Sep 2;27(18):25595-25602. doi: 10.1364/OE.27.025595.

Abstract

The absorption region of a water-based absorber was expanded by introducing tetramethylurea (TMU) into the inclusion, whose dielectric properties are tunable through the concentration of TMU. The dielectric spectroscopy of a TMU/water mixture was deconstructed using a Debye model. We designed a four-layer ultra-broadband microwave absorber with a supernatant micro-structure. Simulation and experiment results indicate that the absorber can achieve 90% perfect absorption, covering a broad frequency range of 4-40 GHz. The concentration dependence of the absorber was also studied experimentally and numerically. The concentration control provides a more practical and large frequency-region modulation of perfect absorption.