Date:

2025-04-30

Title of Paper:

Broadband Gradient Refractive Index Planar Lens based on Compound Liquid

Journal:

Journal of Applied Physics

Summary:

We have proposed a new method to achieve gradient refractive-index (GRIN) optics via a compound liquid medium. By adjusting the composition of the liquid medium, the refractive index of the compound liquid was tuned in a very broad range from 1.58 to 5.15, expanding the refractive index into a high positive regime at microwave frequencies. Based on these properties, we designed a liquid GRIN planar lens and experimentally demonstrated the feasibility of this approach. The beam deflection of the lens was controlled by adjusting the distribution of the refractive-index of the lens. By changing the composition of the compound liquids in different cells of the lens framework, we can achieve different spatial gradually varied refractive index profiles, and this is a static method to tune the performance of the GRIN lens. The proposed liquid planar lens has shown a good directive property at different receiving angles by adjusting the composition of the liquid medium and demonstrated a broadband performance between 12GHz and 15GHz. This method results in a rapid and flexible realization of gradient refractive index structures by using liquid medium.

Co-author:

Haoxue Han, Lingling Wu, Xiaoyong Tian (corr. au)

Volume:

112

Page Number:

114913

Translation or Not:

No

Date of Publication:

2012-12-13