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Unity absorbance layers - optimal design criteria

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2011-01-17 v1 Optics

Abstract

We present the necessary and sufficient conditions for the unity absorbance of thin planar layers. With a simple structure comprising a double-layer grid, it is shown that zero transmission and reflection is feasible only if the second sheet is a perfectly conducting wall. The operational frequencies can be varied by tuning the grid impedance. Explicit conditions are given at the large wavelength limit; these underline the fundamental of ultra-thin perfect antennae and absorbers.

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@article{arxiv.1101.2856,
  title  = {Unity absorbance layers - optimal design criteria},
  author = {K. Chalapat and G. S. Paraoanu and Z. Du and J. Tervo and I. Nefedov and S. Tretyakov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.2856},
  year   = {2011}
}

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3 pages, 1 figure, conference paper

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