Graphical retrieval method for orthorhombic anisotropic materials

TL;DR

This paper introduces a graphical retrieval method for orthorhombic anisotropic materials that improves accuracy and reduces ambiguity in determining effective material parameters from a single layer.

Contribution

It presents a novel graphical retrieval technique with phase unwrapping for orthorhombic anisotropic materials, enabling simultaneous determination of permittivity and permeability tensors.

Findings

Reduces measurement uncertainty

Addresses phase unwrapping ambiguity

Allows single-layer parameter retrieval

Abstract

We apply the equivalent theory to orthorhombic anisotropic materials and provide a general unit-cell design criterion for achieving a length-independent retrieval of the effective material parameters from a single layer of unit cells. We introduce a graphical retrieval method and phase unwrapping techniques. The graphical method utilizes the linear regression technique. Our method can reduce the uncertainty of experimental measurements and the ambiguity of phase unwrapping. Moreover, the graphical method can simultaneously determine the bulk values of the six effective material parameters, permittivity and permeability tensors, from a single layer of unit cells.