Design and analysis of frequency-independent reflectionless single-layer metafilms

TL;DR

This paper presents a theoretical and numerical study of a single-layer metafilm that achieves frequency-independent, reflectionless transmission by leveraging the Brewster effect, acting as an all-pass filter with finite loss.

Contribution

The authors develop a new theory for designing frequency-independent, reflectionless metafilms and validate it through numerical simulations and circuit analysis.

Findings

Reflectance of the metafilm is zero across frequencies.

The metafilm functions as an all-pass filter with finite loss.

Reflected energy is radiated away, not stored in the metafilm.

Abstract

We develop a theory for realizing frequency-independent, reflectionless, single-layer metafilms based on the Brewster effect. A metafilm designed based on the theory is numerically analyzed using a finite-difference time-domain method. The numerical analysis demonstrates that the reflectance of the metafilm vanishes independent of the frequency and that the metafilm behaves like an all-pass filter (with finite loss). An analysis based on an electrical circuit model of the reflectionless metafilm reveals that the energy of the suppressed reflection wave is not stored in the metafilm but is radiated to the transmission direction.