Quantum Mechanically Transparent Antenna Modeling Using Silver Nanowire Networks
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https://doi.org/10.31838/NJAP/07.03.22Keywords:
Silver nanowire networks, transparent antennas, quantum confinement, nanoscale impedance modeling, percolation networks, quantum tunnelingAbstract
The wearable electronics, smart surfaces, AR/VR interfaces, and optoelectronic communication platforms are supposed to require transparent antenna technology. Silver nanowire (AgNW) networks are proposed to be of great optical transparency and mechanical flexibility and are difficult to model in radio frequencies (RF) because of quantum confinement, non-local conductivity, and tunneling at junctions at nanoscale. Classical antenna models have been developed using only bulk Drude conductivity and do not describe such behaviour, leading to poor predictions of impedance, resonance behaviour and transparency conductivity trade-offs.
The framework of quantum-mechanical modeling of the antenna discussed in this paper implies a quantum-corrected Drude model of antennas with the percolation-based mapping of impedance of AgNW networks. The framework includes the electron tunneling probability, surface plasmonic confinement, junction resistance modeling and the kinetic inductance effects in order to give a complete picture of RF responses. According to place-holder simulation, there is a better resonance accuracy with a better result of about 12-18% decrease in impedance mismatch and 15% gain stability increase at mechanical stress. It has shown that quantum-wise modelling provides a higher level of accuracy in RF performance without compromising optical transparency. The article provides a benchmark in designing a next-generation transparent antenna in 6G and IoT applications, as well as human-integrated devices.
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