• High Power Laser and Particle Beams
  • Vol. 33, Issue 4, 043002 (2021)
Sihao Wang, Cheng Liao*, Yuping Shang, and Runwu Zhang
Author Affiliations
  • Institute of Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
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    DOI: 10.11884/HPLPB202133.200331 Cite this Article
    Sihao Wang, Cheng Liao, Yuping Shang, Runwu Zhang. Agile design of cross-section enhancement of a conducting plate radar through active metasurface[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2021, 33(4): 043002 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The design concept of employing the dynamically reconfigurable scattering pattern to enhance radar cross-section is proposed and examined. In combination with varactor loading, a physical unit cell geometry with an embedded bias network for the varactors is utilized to build the metasurface. Biased by an applied direct-current source with voltage gradient, the proposed active metasurface can exhibit electrically tunable reflection phase distributions for either normal or oblique incidence plane wave, so as to achieve flexible redirection of the angle of reflection. As a result, the agile effect for monostatic or bistatic cross-section enhancement is then facilitated. Taking a conducting plate as an example, three different incidence and reflection scenarios are considered for calculation and full-wave simulation. Reconfigurable scattering patterns produced at the operating frequency of 10 GHz by the presented design are observed, which indicates its capability of real-time control of the angle of reflection. In conjunction with an experimental measurement, the effective enhancement of monostatic and bistatic cross-sections are validated.
    Sihao Wang, Cheng Liao, Yuping Shang, Runwu Zhang. Agile design of cross-section enhancement of a conducting plate radar through active metasurface[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2021, 33(4): 043002
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