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Ceramic-based meta-material absorber with high-temperature stability

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With the continuous exploration of uncharted and extreme environments, enhanced temperature robustness of passive devices has become particularly important. In this study, a ceramic-based meta-material absorber with exceptional temperature stability is developed using a fusion design approach that combines rare metal-based tungsten bronze structural ceramics and meta-materials. Specifically, the absorbance of the meta-material array based on Mie resonance exceeds 49.0% in both waveguides and free space, approaching the theoretical limit. According to impedance analysis, the absorption performance can be distinctly correlated with the dielectric loss (Qf). Notably, the high-temperature robustness is verified to still be effective at 400 °C. These advancements in our design allow for the use of monolithic materials in fabricating temperature-stable perfect absorbers, providing greater freedom in the dielectric performance and expanding their potential applications, including in space exploration and 5G millimeter-wave scenarios.

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随着人类对未知和极端环境的不断探索，无线通信系统中无源器件温度稳定性的提升变得尤为重要。本文将超材料设计与稀有金属基陶瓷性能优化相结合，提出一种创新协同设计方法，开发出了具有高温度稳定性的陶瓷基超材料吸波体。基于Mie谐振理论，所设计超材料在波导和自由空间中的吸收率可超过49.0％，接**单体材料的吸波理论极限，且在室温到400 °C温度范围内，吸波性能基本不变。进一步的，结合特征阻抗分析，量化分析了超材料的吸收性能与介质损耗的关联机制。本工作提供了一种利用单体陶瓷材料制备高温度稳定超材料吸波体的新思路，同时在材料等效介电性能上有很高的设计自由度，可望拓展其潜在太空探索、高温隐身、探测等领域应用。

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Acknowledgments

This study was financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2022YFB3806000), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 52332006, 92163129, 52072203 and 52202370), and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2023T160359). The authors gratefully acknowledge Ceyear Technologies Co., Ltd. for their help in the experiments. Wei-Jia Luo thanks Yi-Fei Chen for the checking and modification of language.

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Chen, XC., Luo, WJ., Zhao, RN. et al. Ceramic-based meta-material absorber with high-temperature stability. Rare Met. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-024-02791-w

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