Abstract

Recently, modern technology has towards stealth technology, especially in military applications so, this paper presents a terahertz radar cross-section (RCS) reduction utilizing reconfigurable graphene-based artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) arrays. The AMC unit cell has a Vivaldi shape with circular slots etched in the radiator to reduce the RCS from metallic surfaces at THz bands. The AMC cells affect the surface impedance of the metallic objects which reduces the reflected EM waves from them. The RCS reduction bandwidth is achieved and controlled by varying the voltage applied to graphene cells which varies its chemical potential (µc). The effect of changing the graphene conductivity on the RCS reduction is investigated. Different arrangements to obtain maximum RCS reduction are presented. A 12 × 12 hybrid arrangement of the graphene-based AMC structures achieved maximum RCS reduction from 1.5 to 4 THz with 22 dB greater than the unloaded metallic surface. The CST simulator is employed in the simulation.

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