Generalized scattering control using cut-wire-based metamaterials

We numerically show how multiple band scattering parameters for arbitrary polarization can be easily designed by using cut-wire-based (CW-based) metamaterials, which enable us to control six fundamental scattering properties, i.e., reflection, transmission, absorption, and polarization independence, dependence and change. The structure shown here is composed of three-independent metamaterial designs, each of which has a different scattering profile. The use of the simple CW-based metamaterials is expected to facilitate complex scattering parameter design, which potentially contributes to the development of more complex and multiple band metamaterial applications. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3597628]