This paper reports the design of a multiband metamaterial （MM） absorber in the terahertz region. Theoretical and simulated results show that the absorber has four distinct and strong absorption points at 1.69, 2.76, 3.41 and 5.06 THz, which are consistent with ＇fingerprints＇ of some explosive materials. The retrieved material parameters show that the impedance of MM could be tuned to match approximately the impedance of the free space to minimise the reflectance at absorption frequencies and large power loss exists at absorption frequencies. The distribution of the power loss indicates that the absorber is an excellent electromagnetic wave collector： the wave is first trapped and reinforced in certain specific locations and then consumed. This multiband absorber has applications in the detection of explosives and materials characterisation.
Ca_(5)Nb_(4)TiO_(17) ceramics with 0≤x≤0.4 were prepared through a solid-state reaction method.Effects of zinc substitution on sintering behavior and microwave dielectric properties of Ca_(5)Nb_(4)TiO_(17) ceramics were investigated.The sintering temperature was significantly lowered from 1480℃for pure Ca_(5)Nb_(4)TiO_(17) to 1260℃ for x=0.4.The microwave dielectric properties are strongly correlated with the composition.It is worth noting that the temperature cofficient of resonant frequency(τf)displays a tendency toward positive value,ranging from-126.4 ppm/℃ to-8.6 ppm/℃.A temperature stable microwave ceramic with dielectric constant of 52 and Q×f value of 9937GHz is achieved at x=0.4 and is a potential candidate for application as cores in dielectrically loaded antennas.
