Terahertz Metamaterials on Flexible Polypropylene Substrate

Abstract

In this work, we present a metamaterial working at terahertz frequencies made over a flexible polypropylene substrate. The experimental measurements, in accordance with the numerical calculations, show the metamaterial reliance on the impinging electric field polarization. The structure’s symmetry yields purely electrical resonant responses eliminating bianisotropy effects. The widely used bendable polypropylene polymer may promote the insertion of metamaterial-based structures with special electromagnetic response in a number of objects of our daily lives such as textiles, automotive components, and sensing.