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Terahertz Graphene Based Metamaterial Transmitarray

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This paper introduces a graphene metamaterial (GMM) transmitarray designed for terahertz applications. The unit-cell element is a multilayered metamaterial structure of a graphene split ring resonator with two variable gaps. The metamaterial properties of the unit-cell element are investigated from 0.74 to 0.94 THz for different conductivities of the graphene material. A parametric study of the transmission properties of the metamaterial unit-cell element is investigated. The radiation characteristics of 169 unit-cell elements of the three layers GMM transmitarrays are analyzed for different applied DC voltages. The gain and side-lobe level of the proposed transmitarray are improved by using an averaging process on the transmission phase used for array construction. The transmitarray introduces a high gain of about 18.5 dB at frequencies 0.83, 0.85 and 0.88 THz for chemical potentials μc = 0.4, 0.5 and 0.8 eV, respectively. A full wave simulation is used to design and analyze the radiation characteristics of the graphene based metamaterial transmitarray.

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  1. Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufia University, Menouf, Egypt

    Saber Helmy Zainud-Deen & Hend Abd El-Azem Malhat

  2. Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Badr University, Cairo, Egypt

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Zainud-Deen, S.H., Mabrouk, A.M. & Malhat, H.A.EA. Terahertz Graphene Based Metamaterial Transmitarray. Wireless Pers Commun 100, 1235–1248 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-018-5630-8

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