Table 1 Compared absorption performance of the proposed absorber with other broadband absorbers.

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Facile design of an ultra-thin broadband metamaterial absorber for C-band applications

Ref.

Bandwidth (GHz)

Relative Bandwidth (%)

Independent incident angle (degree)

Thickness

TE

TM

10

10.45–17.64

51.19

40 (above 70%)

40 (above 70%)

0.071λ

11

20.59–43.73

71.95

15 (above 80%)

15 (above 80%)

0.1λ

13

7.85–12.25

42

15 (above 80%)

15 (above 80%)

0.067λ

17

7.93–17.18

73.68

20 (above 90%)

20 (above 90%)

0.194λ

33

7.37–13.76

60.48

45 (above 80%)

45 (above 80%)

0.095λ

Proposed structure

4.0–8.0

66.67

40 (above 80%)

40 (above 80%)

0.085λ