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Published on: December 27, 2012
High-Temperature Stealth Across Multi-Infrared and Microwave Bands with Efficient Radiative Thermal Management
Meng Zhao1, Huanzheng Zhu1, Bing Qin1
1State Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, People's Republic of China.
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High-temperature stealth is vital for enhancing the concealment, survivability, and longevity of critical assets. However, achieving stealth across multiple infrared bands-particularly in the short-wave infrared (SWIR) band-along with microwave stealth and efficient thermal management at high temperatures, remains a significant challenge. Here, we propose a strategy that integrates an IR-selective emitter (Mo/Si multilayer films) and a microwave metasurface (TiB2-Al2O3-TiB2) to enable multi-infrared band stealth, encompassing mid-wave infrared (MWIR), long-wave infrared (LWIR), and SWIR bands, and microwave (X-band) stealth at 700 °C, with simultaneous radiative cooling in non-atmospheric window (5-8 μm). At 700 °C, the device exhibits low emissivity of 0.38/0.44/0.60 in the MWIR/LWIR/SWIR bands, reflection loss below - 3 dB in the X-band (9.6-12 GHz), and high emissivity of 0.82 in 5-8 μm range-corresponding to a cooling power of 9.57 kW m-2. Moreover, under an input power of 17.3 kW m-2-equivalent to the aerodynamic heating at Mach 2.2-the device demonstrates a temperature reduction of 72.4 °C compared to a conventional low-emissivity molybdenum surface at high temperatures. This work provides comprehensive guidance on high-temperature stealth design, with far-reaching implications for multispectral information processing and thermal management in extreme high-temperature environments.
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