An Ultrawideband Stacked Structure Metasurface Incorporating Rotational Slots for the Reduction of Backward RCS

Abstract

In this letter, an ultrawideband stacked structure metasurface is designed to minimize the backward RCS across a frequency range of 5–40 GHz. The stack structure design demonstrated a maximum RCS reduction at 19 GHz, achieving an impressive reduction of 18.11 dBsm compared to a PEC of the same dimensions. The proposed metasurface exhibits the capability to scatter incident plane waves in various directions under both normal and oblique incidence conditions. Additionally, the calculated quantized encoding phase can facilitate further RCS reductions of 3–6 dBsm within the frequency range of 8–25 GHz. Consequently, this work effectively designs and promotes research on low RCS metasurfaces across different frequencies.