Rewritable Broadband Lossy Absorber Based on Laser Induction Technology

Abstract The tunable and reversible fabrication function of stealth metasurfaces has significant application value in complex electromagnetic environments., but the extremely low fault tolerance of the existing fabrication methods limits their further development and utilization. In this manuscript, a design and fabrication method for rewritable broadband stealth metasurfaces with memory function is proposed. The reversible phase transition is achieved by laser induced germanium telluride (GeTe) film, which provides the possibility for metasurface to realize the rewriting function. The process of laser induced GeTe and the simulation model of GeTe are investigated, and the conclusions are verified by rewritable broadband polarization converter (RBPC) and rewritable broadband lossy absorber (RBLA). The experimental results show that the reflectivity of fabricated RBLA is less than −10 dB in the range of 7.8–16.1 GHz, which is in good agreement with the numerical simulation results. Meanwhile, there is a highly consistent performance effect before and after repeated induction. The research has the advantages of high efficiency, region selectivity, non volatility and high fault tolerance, which can provide new manufacturing ideas and good candidates for tunable metamaterials.