Genetic-algorithm-empowered metasurface design: simultaneous realization of high microwave frequency-selection and low infrared surface-emissivity

Abstract

With the improvement of equipment integration, it is difficult to meet the increasing functional requirements with the function of a single spectrum. In this work, a multispectral functional metasurface (MFM) is designed to achieve multispectral compatibility between microwave and infrared using multi-optimization. For microwaves, a frequency selective surface (FSS) is designed to achieve frequency selectivity. And for infrared, a twice genetic algorithm (GA) is employed to further increase the metallic filling ratio, thus reducing the infrared emissivity while maintaining the performance of microwave FSS. In order to verify our design and method, the MFM is fabricated and measured, and all the results are consistent with the theoretical design. The performance of FSS can achieve 3dB bandwidth in 7.2-11.2GHz with low insertion losses and stability, and meanwhile the mean infrared emissivity has been reduced to 0.24 in 3-14μm. In summary, the designed multispectral compatible metasurface has wide application value in radome. What’s more, the multi-optimization method for designing the multispectral metasurface can also be extended to other fields.