Microwave-infrared-compatibility enhancement of metasurfaces by decoupling Lorentz resonance of meta-atoms

To adapt to the complex environment where low infrared emissivity and high infrared emissivity coexist, a radar stealth-infrared camouflage compatibility metasurface requires meta-atoms with customized infrared emissivity. Generally, the infrared emissivity is determined by the occupation ratio. However, the high occupation ratio will interfere with the scattering reduction function due to the Lorentz resonance from the metal patch. To address the problem, a method for decoupling Lorentz resonance is proposed in this paper. By shifting the resonant frequency of the metal patch to a high frequency, the Lorentz resonance is suppressed in the frequency band of scattering reduction. To verify the method, a single functional layer metasurface with microwave scattering reduction and customized infrared emissivity is designed. The scattering reduction at 3.5–5.5 GHz is realized through the polarization conversion. Meanwhile, the infrared emissivity of the metasurface can be gradient-designed by changing the occupation ratios of the meta-atoms. Compared with the initial design, the improved metasurface expands the infrared emissivity range from 0.60–0.80 to 0.51–0.80, and the scattering reduction effect remains unchanged. The experimental results agree with the simulated results. The work enriches the infrared emissivity function, which can be applied to camouflage in complex spectrum backgrounds.