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Design and measurement of a thin and light absorbing material for space applications

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This paper presents the design, realization and measurement of a thin lightweight absorbing material for space applications. Absorber design is based on high impedance surfaces loaded with resistors and known as a resistive high impedance surface (RHIS). The behavior of RHIS is analyzed at normal and oblique incidences for TE and TM polarizations. Prototypes have been realized and measured. Final design has a reflection coefficient less than \(-\)15 dB in S-Band (2–2.3 GHz) at normal incidence and till an angular dispersion of 40\(^\circ \) for waves in TE polarization, and 35\(^\circ \) for waves in TM polarization. Simulation results are validated by measurement.

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  1. Institut Mines-Télécom, Télécom ParisTech, Paris, France

    Yenny Pinto, Anne Claire Lepage & Xavier Begaud

  2. UMPC Univ. Paris 06, UR2, L2E, Paris, France

    Julien Sarrazin

  3. Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Toulouse, France

    Nicolas Capet

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Pinto, Y., Sarrazin, J., Lepage, A.C. et al. Design and measurement of a thin and light absorbing material for space applications. Appl. Phys. A 115, 541–545 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-013-8097-1

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