A broadband low-profile microwave absorber based on ferromagnetic material doped hybrid stereo metamaterial

Abstract

Abstract This study introduces a ferromagnetic material-doped hybrid stereo metamaterial absorber (HSMA) that has been developed to overcome the limitations in broadband absorption of electromagnetic wave. This metamaterial combines a ferromagnetic block with a blind via in the center and a standing resistive trapezoidal patch together in a stereo meta-atom to enable a continuous and broad absorption band for 90% absorptivity from 2.3 GHz to 40 GHz, with a thickness only as 0.079 times the maximum working wavelength. The hybrid absorber also exhibits angular stability under oblique incidence and polarization insensitivity. Furthermore, a sample of proposed HSMA was fabricated and measured. The broadband absorption properties of such hybrid stereo metamaterial were validated by both simulated and experimental results. Our study provides a promising implementation approach for broadband and low-profile microwave absorbers.