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Metasurface virtual absorbers: unveiling operative conditions through equivalent lumped circuit model

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posted on 2020-11-18, 15:14 authored by Angelica Viola MariniAngelica Viola Marini, Davide RamacciaDavide Ramaccia, Alessandro Toscano, Filiberto Bilotti
Virtual absorption concept has been recently introduced as a new phenomenon observed in electromagnetics and optics consisting of an undefined energy accumulation within a finite volume of material without dissipation. The anomalous behaviour is achieved by engaging the complex zero scattering eigenmodes of the virtual absorbing system by illuminating it with a proper complex frequency, whose value is strictly determined by the system characteristics. In this paper, we investigate on the position of the zero-pole scattering pairs in the complex frequency plane as a function of the input impedance of the metasurface-based lossless virtual absorber. We analytically derive the conditions under which a properly modulated monochromatic plane wave can be virtually absorbed by the system and stored within its volume. The analysis is developed by modelling the propagation of a normally impinging plane wave though its equivalent transmission line model terminated on an arbitrary reactive load, which in turn models the input impedance of the metasurface-based system under consideration. The study allows to determine a priori whether the metasurface-based system can support the virtual absorption or not by evaluating the time-constant from its equivalent circuit.

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angelicaviola.marini@uniroma3.it

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ROMA TRE University

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  • Italy