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A novel polarization insensitive metasurface for backscattering Radar Cross Section (RCS) reduction is designed and studied. The proposed metasurface consist of carefully arranged unit cells, which enables estimated uniform diffusion of incoming electromagnetic (EM) energy. A theoretical model based on reflect array theory is introduced to demonstrate the operating principle of the metasurface. An over 20 dB RCS reduction characteristics is observed in the vicinity of 9.5 GHz, indicating our metasurface will provide potential applications for future stealth technologies.
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Zhang, XL., Niu, M., Su, LH., Song, KP. (2018). Radar Cross Section Reduction Based on Metasurface. In: Li, B., Shu, L., Zeng, D. (eds) Communications and Networking. ChinaCom 2017. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 236. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78130-3_3
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