RADIATIVE TRANSFER AND POWER CONTROL WITH FRACTAL METAMATERIAL AND PLASMONICS
First Claim
1. An electromagnetic radiative system providing gain over a prescribed bandwidth, the system comprising:
- a plurality of fractal-cell layers, each layer having a fractal plasmonic surface (FPS) including close-spaced fractal cells, wherein the plurality of fractal-cell layers is operative to produce a gain increase, and wherein the gain increase acts as a lens-like effect on a separate electromagnetic source.
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Abstract
Systems according to the present disclosure provide one or more surfaces that function as heat or power radiating surfaces for which at least a portion of the radiating surface includes or is composed of “fractal cells” placed sufficiently closed close together to one another so that a surface (plasmonic) wave causes near replication of current present in one fractal cell in an adjacent fractal cell. A fractal of such a fractal cell can be of any suitable fractal shape and may have two or more iterations. The fractal cells may lie on a flat or curved sheet or layer and be composed in layers for wide bandwidth or multibandwidth transmission. The area of a surface and its number of fractals determines the gain relative to a single fractal cell. The boundary edges of the surface may be terminated resistively so as to not degrade the cell performance at the edges.
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1. An electromagnetic radiative system providing gain over a prescribed bandwidth, the system comprising:
a plurality of fractal-cell layers, each layer having a fractal plasmonic surface (FPS) including close-spaced fractal cells, wherein the plurality of fractal-cell layers is operative to produce a gain increase, and wherein the gain increase acts as a lens-like effect on a separate electromagnetic source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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