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Chin. Phys. B, 2014, Vol. 23(2): 025201    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/23/2/025201
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A thin radar-infrared stealth-compatible structure:Design, fabrication, and characterization

Tian Hao (田浩)a, Liu Hai-Tao (刘海韬)a b, Cheng Hai-Feng (程海峰)a
a Science and Technology on Advanced Ceramic Fibers and Composites Laboratory, College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China;
b Science and Technology on Scramjet Laboratory, College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
Abstract  A thin radar-infrared stealth-compatible structure with reflectivity below –10 dB in the whole radar X wave band and infrared emissivity less than 0.3 in the infrared region of 8 μm–14 μm is reported. The designed stealth-compatible structure consists of metallic frequency selective surface (MFSS), resistive frequency selective surface (RFSS), and metal backing from the top down, and it is only 2.1-mm thick. The MFSS is made up of some divided low infrared emissivity metal copper films, and the RFSS consists of a capacitive array of square resistive patches. They are placed close together, working as an admittance sheet because of a mutual influence between them, and the equivalent admittance sheet greatly reduces the thickness of the whole structure. The proposed stealth-compatible structure is verified both by simulations and by experimental results. These results indicate that our proposed stealth-compatible structure has potential applications in stealth fields.
Keywords:  radar-infrared stealth-compatible structure      absorbing property      infrared emissivity  
Received:  26 June 2013      Revised:  26 July 2013      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  52.25.Os (Emission, absorption, and scattering of electromagnetic radiation ?)  
  68.35.bt (Other materials)  
  42.25.Bs (Wave propagation, transmission and absorption)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51202291).
Corresponding Authors:  Cheng Hai-Feng     E-mail:  chfcfc@163.com
About author:  52.25.Os; 68.35.bt; 42.25.Bs

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Tian Hao (田浩), Liu Hai-Tao (刘海韬), Cheng Hai-Feng (程海峰) A thin radar-infrared stealth-compatible structure:Design, fabrication, and characterization 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 025201

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