Split-ring-based metamaterial for far-field subwavelength focusing based on time reversal

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/23/6/064101

Abstract In this paper, split-ring-based metamaterial sheets are designed for the purpose of achieving far-field subwavelength focusing, with the aid of a time-reversal technique. The metamaterial sheets are inserted into a subwavelength array consisting of four element antennas, with the element spacing being as small as 1/15 of a wavelength. Experiments are performed to investigate the effect of the metamaterial sheets on the focusing resolution. The results demonstrate that in the presence of the metamaterial sheets, the subwavelength array exhibits the ability to achieve super-resolution focusing, while there is no super-resolution focusing without the metamaterial sheets. Further investigation shows that the metamaterial sheets are contributive to achieving super-resolution by weakening the cross-correlations of the channel impulse responses between the array elements.

Keywords: time-reversal metamaterial subwavelength focusing

Received: 22 May 2013
Revised: 01 November 2013
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PACS:	41.20.Jb	(Electromagnetic wave propagation; radiowave propagation)
	42.25.Bs	(Wave propagation, transmission and absorption)
	84.40.Ba	(Antennas: theory, components and accessories)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61071031, 61331007, and 61107018), the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant Nos. 20100185110021 and 20120185130001), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant No. E02205205), and the Project ITR1113, China.

Corresponding Authors: Huang Hai-Yan
E-mail: haiyanhuang123@yahoo.com

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Huang Hai-Yan (黄海燕), Ding Shuai (丁帅), Wang Bing-Zhong (王秉中), Zang Rui (臧锐) Split-ring-based metamaterial for far-field subwavelength focusing based on time reversal 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 064101

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