• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 11, Issue 7, 1354 (2023)
Naitao Song1、2、3, Qiao Sun1、2, Su Xu4、*, Dongzhi Shan1、2, Yang Tang1、2, Xiaoxi Tian1、2, Nianxi Xu1、2, and Jingsong Gao1、2、5
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Optical System Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
  • 3College of Da Heng, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 4State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
  • 5Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Equipment and Instrument Manufacturing Technology, Changchun 130033, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.486613 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Naitao Song, Qiao Sun, Su Xu, Dongzhi Shan, Yang Tang, Xiaoxi Tian, Nianxi Xu, Jingsong Gao. Ultrawide-band optically transparent antidiffraction metamaterial absorber with a Thiessen-polygon metal-mesh shielding layer[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(7): 1354 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Transparent absorbers, with a functional integration of broadband electromagnetic shielding, microwave camouflage, and optical transparency, have attracted increasing attention in the past decades. Metal mesh, an artificial, optically transparent, conducting material composed of periodic metallic gratings, is the optimal choice for the microwave shielding layer of transparent absorbers because of its excellent compatibility between high transparency and low resistance. However, the micrometer-level periodicity of metallic grating concentrates the diffraction of light, which degrades the imaging quality of cameras and sensors in common. In this study, we report on a generalized Thiessen-polygon-randomization method that prevents the concentration of the diffraction of light in periodic metallic grating and demonstrate an ultrawide-band optically transparent diffraction-immune metamaterial absorber. The absorber is constructed with a multilayer indium-tin-oxide-based metasurface and a Thiessen-polygon-randomized metal-mesh reflector. The lossy metasurface provides multimode absorption, whereas the Thiessen-polygon randomization prevents the concentration of the diffraction of light. The practical sample achieves a 10 dB absorptivity and shielding effectiveness over a range of 8–26.5 GHz, and the optical transparency is also preserved over the entire visible and near-infrared regions. The point spread function and field of view are both improved by using the antidiffraction absorber. Our study paves the way for the application of optically transparent electromagnetic devices, display, and optoelectronic integration in a more practical stage.
    Ef(x,y)=Ajλfexp(jkf+φ0)exp[jk2f(1df)(x2+y2)]×F.T.[tOTMMA(x0,y0)]|fx=xλf,fy=yλf,

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    tOTMMA=tmesh×tmeta1×tmeta2×tmeta2,(A1)

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    tmesh(x0,y0)={0,filled with metal1,other.(A2)

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    tmeta(x0,y0)={0.95,filled with ITO1,other.(A3)

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    E0(x0,y0)=AtOTMMA(x0,y0)exp(jφ0).(A4)

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    A=1,φ0=0.(A5)

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    tlen(ε,μ)=exp[jk2f(ε2+μ2)]P(ε,μ),(A6)

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    P(ε,μ)=1.(A7)

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    Ef(x,y)=1jkfexp[jk2f(x2+y2)]×E2(ε,μ)exp[jk2f(ε2+μ2)]exp[j2πλf(xε+yμ)]dεdμ,(A8)

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    E2(ε,μ)=E1(ε,μ)tlen(ε,μ).(A9)

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    Ef(x,y)=1jkfexp[jk2f(x2+y2)]×E1(ε,μ)tlens(ε,μ)exp[jk2f(ε2+μ2)]exp[j2πλf(xε+yμ)]dεdμ=1jkfexp[jk2f(x2+y2)]×E1(ε,μ)exp[j2πλf(xε+yμ)]dεdμ=1jkfexp[jk2f(x2+y2)]×F.T.[E1(ε,μ)]|fx=xλf,fy=yλf,(A10)

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    F.T.[E1(ε,μ)]=F.T.[E0(x0,y0)]T(fx,fy),(A11)

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    T(fx,fy)=exp[jπλd(fx2+fy2)].(A12)

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    Ef(x,y)=1jkfexp[jk2f(x2+y2)]exp[jπλd(fx2+fy2)]×F.T.[E0(x0,y0)]|fx=xλf,fy=yλf=1jkfexp[jk2f(x2+y2)]exp{jπλd[(xλf)2+(yλf)2]}×F.T.[E0(x0,y0)]|fx=xλf,fy=yλf=1jλfexp(jkf)exp[jk2f(1df)(x2+y2)]×F.T.[tOTMMA(x0,y0)]|fx=xλf,fy=yλf.(A13)

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    Naitao Song, Qiao Sun, Su Xu, Dongzhi Shan, Yang Tang, Xiaoxi Tian, Nianxi Xu, Jingsong Gao. Ultrawide-band optically transparent antidiffraction metamaterial absorber with a Thiessen-polygon metal-mesh shielding layer[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(7): 1354
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