https://doi.org/10.1051/epjam/2019018
Research Article
Broadband transmission-line illusions based on transformation electromagnetic
1
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
2
Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
* e-mail: sanada@ieee.org
Received:
30
August
2018
Accepted:
11
October
2019
Published online: 21 November 2019
We demonstrate broadband transmission-line illusions based on transformation electromagnetics at microwave frequencies by using the distributed full-tensor anisotropic medium. Due to an intrinsic nature of the non-resonant unit cell of the medium, the illusions operate from DC to an upper limit frequency where the homogeneous medium approximation holds. Two-dimensional groove and bump illusion media mimicking scattered waves by an original groove and a bump are designed. Their broadband and incident angle independent operations are confirmed by circuit simulations. The groove illusion medium is implemented on a dielectric substrate with microstrip-line technology, and it is confirmed experimentally by near-field measurements that the illusion medium well mimics scattered waves by the original groove in the broadband frequency range from 2.60 GHz to 4.65 GHz.
Key words: Electromagnetic illusion / transformation electromagnetics / metamaterials
© T. Nagayama and A. Sanada, published by EDP Sciences, 2019
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