{"title":"Safe energy-storage mechanical metamaterials via architecture design","authors":"Junjie You, Chengyu Wang, Li Ma, S. Yin","doi":"10.1051/epjam/2022018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjam/2022018","url":null,"abstract":"Mechanical and functional properties of metamaterials could be simultaneously manipulated via their architectures. This study proposes multifunctional metamaterials possessing both load-bearing capacity and energy storage capability, comprising multi-phase lattice metamaterial and cylindrical battery cells. Defect phase are incorporated into the metamaterials, which are then printed with stainless steel powder. The printed metamaterials are assembled with battery cells and compressed. Experimental results revealed that the voids in the lattice metamaterials, could guide deformation mode away from the internal battery cell that postponed the emergence of battery short-circuit. Effects of void phase pattern and content are discussed by simulation. We found that the multifunctional system could absorb greater energy after defect phase incorporation, as designed with proper void phase pattern and content. Also, these findings are further validated for the system with six battery cells. This study demonstrated how to design an energy-storage metamaterials with enhanced mechanical properties and battery safety simultaneously. Also, defect engineering was helpful for battery protection and energy absorption of the multifunctional system.","PeriodicalId":43689,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Applied Metamaterials","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57823847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thin layers of microwave absorbing metamaterials with carbon fibers and FeSi alloy ribbons to enhance the absorption properties","authors":"Lingxi Huang, Y. Duan, Huifang Pang","doi":"10.1051/epjam/2022019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjam/2022019","url":null,"abstract":"In order to break through the bottleneck of narrow effective absorption bandwidth (reflection loss RL ≤ −10 dB) of microwave absorbing materials, herein, we fabricate the metamaterials with carbon fiber (CF) and FeSi alloy (FSA) ribbon metastructure which is distributed in the carbonyl iron powders (CIP)/polyurethane (PU) matrix. The experimental results show that the microwave absorption capacity of the matrix can be significantly enhanced by CF. Compared with the pure matrix, the effective absorption bandwidth increases from 9.4–13.44 GHz to 11–16.8 GHz when the CF is parallel to the electric field vector and the spacing between adjacent CF is 20 mm. Furthermore, the CF and FSA ribbons are arranged in the matrix as an orthogonal arrangement, and the best absorption bandwidth cover 9.76–14.46 GHz when the electric field is parallel and 9.96–14.1GHz when the electric field is vertical when the spacing is 30 mm. The electromagnetic simulation of the metamaterials is calculated, it is proved that the increase of effective absorption bandwidth is due to the strengthening of carbon fiber and its coupling with FSA ribbon. This paper provides a new research path for improving the absorption properties of thin layer microwave absorbing materials.","PeriodicalId":43689,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Applied Metamaterials","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57823860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Applications of negative permeability metamaterials for electromagnetic resonance type wireless power transfer systems","authors":"Kaiqi Nie, Qing Hou","doi":"10.1051/epjam/2022020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjam/2022020","url":null,"abstract":"With the development of electric drive systems such as unmanned aerial vehicles and electric vehicles, the charging problem of power supply devices has become increasingly prominent. However, the traditional charging method requires physical circuits, which makes it impossible to achieve freedom of the position in actual use. The wireless power transmission technology, which mainly relies on electromagnetic wave to complete energy transmission, is expected to get rid of the restriction of physical space location and solve the problem of charging location, which has great potential in medical treatment, rescue, detection and other fields. However, the low transmission efficiency and short transmission distance caused by electromagnetic field leakage are the two main problems faced by radio energy transmission systems. In general, with the increase of transmission distance, the transmission efficiency will drop sharply. Fortunately, inserting a negative permeability metamaterial with extraordinary electromagnetic characteristics into the transmitting and receiving coils will greatly alleviate this attenuation trend and can also shield electromagnetic radiation to a certain extent. In this paper, some experiments of negative permeability metamaterials used in electromagnetic resonance type wireless power transfer systems are summarized for reference.","PeriodicalId":43689,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Applied Metamaterials","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57823870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reflection and transmission of nanoresonators including bi-isotropic and metamaterial layers: opportunities to control and amplify chiral and nonreciprocal effects for nanophotonics applications","authors":"E. Starodubtsev","doi":"10.1051/epjam/2023002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjam/2023002","url":null,"abstract":"Electromagnetic waves reflected from and transmitted through the multilayer nanoresonators including the main layer made of a bi-isotropic material or metamaterial sandwiched between dielectric, epsilon-near-zero or metallic spacer layers have been analytically modeled. The numerical and graphical analysis, based on the exact solution of the electromagnetic boundary problem, confirms opportunities to use such nanoresonators as utracompact polarization converters. The proposed systems are characterized by wide ranges of parameters and significantly reduced (subwavelength) thicknesses. The spacer layers can provide modification, control, and amplification of chiral and nonreciprocal effects for the reflected and transmitted radiation. The concept can be realized for various geometries of dielectric, epsilon-near-zero, metallic, bi-isotropic, metamaterial layers and used to develop new ultrathin, large area, and relatively easy-to-manufacture polarization and other devices for nanophotonics.","PeriodicalId":43689,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Applied Metamaterials","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57823926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shohreh Nourinovin, SaeJune Park, Q. Abbasi, A. Alomainy
{"title":"An ultrathin and flexible terahertz electromagnetically induced transparency-like metasurface based on asymmetric resonators","authors":"Shohreh Nourinovin, SaeJune Park, Q. Abbasi, A. Alomainy","doi":"10.1051/epjam/2023001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjam/2023001","url":null,"abstract":"Terahertz (THz) electromagnetically induced transparency-like (EIT-like) metasurfaces have been extensively explored and frequently used for sensing, switching, slow light, and enhanced nonlinear effects. Reducing radiation and non-radiation losses in EIT-like systems contributes to increased electromagnetic (EM) field confinement, higher transmission peak magnitude, and Q-factor. This can be accomplished by the use of proper dielectric properties and engineering novel designs. Therefore, we fabricated a THz EIT-like metasurface based on asymmetric metallic resonators on an ultra-thin and flexible dielectric substrate. Because the quadruple mode is stimulated in a closed loop, an anti-parallel surface current forms, producing a transparency window with a transmission peak magnitude of 0.8 at 1.96 THz. To control the growing trend of EIT-like resonance, the structure was designed with four asymmetry levels. The effect of the substrate on the resonance response was also explored, and we demonstrated experimentally how the ultra-thin substrate and the metasurface asymmetric novel pattern contributed to higher transmission and lower loss.","PeriodicalId":43689,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Applied Metamaterials","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57823881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bandwidth bounds for wide-field-of-view dispersion-engineered achromatic metalenses","authors":"K. Shastri, F. Monticone","doi":"10.1051/epjam/2022012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjam/2022012","url":null,"abstract":"Optical systems with wide field-of-views (FOV) are crucial for many applications such as high performance imaging, optical projection, augmented/virtual reality, and miniaturized medical imaging tools. Typically, aberration-free imaging with a wide FOV is achieved by stacking multiple refractive lenses (as in a “fisheye” lens), adding to the size and weight of the optical system. Single metalenses designed to have a wide FOV have the potential to replace these bulky imaging systems and, moreover, they may be dispersion engineered for spectrally broadband operation. In this paper, we derive a fundamental bound on the spectral bandwidth of dispersion-engineered wide-FOV achromatic metalenses. We show that for metalenses with a relatively large numerical aperture (NA), there is a tradeoff between the maximum achievable bandwidth and the FOV; interestingly, however, the bandwidth reduction saturates beyond a certain FOV that depends on the NA of the metalens. These findings may provide important information and insights for the design of future wide-FOV achromatic flat lenses.","PeriodicalId":43689,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Applied Metamaterials","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47435514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O. Shramkova, V. Drazic, Guillaume Bourcin, B. Varghese, L. Blondé, V. Allié
{"title":"Metagrating solutions for full color single-plate waveguide combiner","authors":"O. Shramkova, V. Drazic, Guillaume Bourcin, B. Varghese, L. Blondé, V. Allié","doi":"10.1051/epjam/2022003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjam/2022003","url":null,"abstract":"In this work we propose several full-color metagrating solutions for single waveguide-based Augmented and Virtual Reality near-eye display systems. The presented solutions are based on a combination of reflective and/or transmissive diffraction gratings inside or outside a waveguide. The proposed in-coupler designs have high diffraction efficiency across a wide angular range. Applying our new grating combination solution, we can provide good gathering of diffracted rays for the different colors. We demonstrate that by using a dual-mode symmetrical in-coupling system and angular pupil tiling, we can extend the overall horizontal FoV for three RGB colors. The new characteristics of the full single waveguide system including Eye Pupil Expander and out-coupling components compatible with the proposed in-coupling solutions are discussed. We show that a new nonsymmetrical design of metagratings can be used to change its diffraction properties improving the diffraction efficiency and diffraction uniformity of the optical components.","PeriodicalId":43689,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Applied Metamaterials","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57823478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multi-layer transmission line of spoof surface plasmon polaritons","authors":"Yuxi Lu, W. Tang, T. Cui","doi":"10.1051/epjam/2022010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjam/2022010","url":null,"abstract":"In modern microwave technology, multi-layer structure is widely adopted in compact circuit design. In a multi-layer microwave system, the transmission line (TL) plays an important role. The multi-layer TLs need to have high cross-layer transmission efficiency, which is a big challenge in highly integrated circuits. Spoof surface plasmon polaritons (SSPP) possess good performance on field confinement and low transmission loss at microwave and terahertz frequencies, and can achieve the compact design in planar microwave circuits. In this article, a new type of multi-layer SSPP TL is proposed and tested. Taking advantage of the properties of SSPPs, the proposed TLs achieve high transmission efficiency for both in-layer and cross-layer situations. The proposed SSPP TLs have great prospect in the future multi-layer circuit design.","PeriodicalId":43689,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Applied Metamaterials","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57823680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reflectionless anisotropic multilayers for both polarisations at grazing incidence","authors":"D. A. Patient, S. Horsley","doi":"10.1051/epjam/2022014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjam/2022014","url":null,"abstract":"We find a method for designing anisotropic multilayer profiles that are reflectionless at grazing incidence, for both electromagnetic polarisations. The Helmholtz equation for grazing incidence propagation through an anisotropic multilayer can be factorised into a pair of equations of the form [see formula in PDF]. Solutions of [see formula in PDF] then determine two of the three principal values of the permittivity. Imposing the additional constraint of uniaxial anisotropy, we find a pair of coupled equations for the profile of both permittivity components such that neither polarisation is reflected.","PeriodicalId":43689,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Applied Metamaterials","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57823786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the role of spatial dispersion in boundary conditions for perfect non-specular reflection","authors":"C. Yepes, S. Maci, S. Tretyakov, E. Martini","doi":"10.1051/epjam/2022015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/epjam/2022015","url":null,"abstract":"Exact solutions for perfect anomalous reflection through metasurfaces have been recently developed in terms of both ideal nondispersive impenetrable boundary conditions (BCs) and penetrable BCs on top of a grounded slab. The second model is more accurate for the description of metasurfaces realized in PCB technology. Focusing on this particular class of metasurfaces, this paper investigates the connection between the two solutions, with the aim to clarify the role of spatial dispersion. It is shown that the two solutions can be related through an equivalent transmission network where transmission lines with different wavenumbers are associated to the incident and reflected waves. Finally, numerical analyses are carried out to assess the impact of neglecting spatial dispersion, as it is done in designs based on a linear phase gradient of the local reflection coefficient.","PeriodicalId":43689,"journal":{"name":"EPJ Applied Metamaterials","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57823804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}