Optically Transparent Ultrawideband Electromagnetic Stealth Metasurface for Microwave Absorption and Scattering

Abstract

For the issue of stealth and electromagnetic protection of weapons and equipment in strong electromagnetic pulse (EMP) environment, a transparent double-sided ultrawideband metasurface is proposed to realize wave absorption/absorption-scattering integrated function in two directions. The interactions between backscattered waves produced by the meta-atoms are manipulated and optimized simultaneously by hybrid far-field scattering pattern analysis and genetic algorithm to achieve ultra wideband destructive interference. Both simulation and experimental results demonstrate that the polarization-independent −10 dB radar cross section (RCS) reduction performance can be achieved for more than 128% of the fractional bandwidth (4–18.25 GHz) at forward incidence, and the absorption more than 90% in the range of 2.75–12.75 GHz (fractional bandwidth more than 129%) at backward incidence. The scattering and absorbing characteristics of the metasurface are still well maintained in the range of 0°–50° oblique incidence. The method of this letter has an important prospect in related applications of strong EMP stealth and protection technology under the integration of information equipment in the future.