Reconfigurable anomalous reflectors with stretchable elastic substrates at 140 GHz band.

ABSTRACT: We propose reconfigurable anomalous reflectors with stretchable elastic substrates. The proposed reflector dynamically controls the reflection direction by mechanically stretching the substrate to induce a physical change of the unit cell period. Owing to the simple and scalable tuning mechanism, the proposed approach is applicable in the millimeter-wave and terahertz bands for a wide reflection steering. To demonstrate the proposed approach, stretchable anomalous reflectors are designed at 140 GHz for normal incident waves. From full-wave simulations, we numerically confirm that highly efficient anomalous reflections with suppressed parasitic reflections in the undesired directions are achieved toward shallower angles as the substrate is stretched. We experimentally demonstrate that the p

SUBMITTER: Kato Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11501655 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature