A three-dimensional all-metal terahertz metamaterial perfect absorber

Wu, Meng; Zhao, Xiaoguang; Zhang, Jingdi; Schalch, Jacob; Duan, Guangwu; Cremin, Kevin; Averitt, Richard D.; Zhang, Xin

doi:10.1063/1.4996897

A three-dimensional all-metal terahertz metamaterial perfect absorber

Journal Article · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4996897· OSTI ID:1473862

Wu, Meng ^[1]; ^[2]; ^[3]; Schalch, Jacob ^[3]; Duan, Guangwu ^[2]; ^[3]; Averitt, Richard D. ^[3]; ^[2]

Boston Univ., MA (United States); University of California, San Diego
Boston Univ., MA (United States)
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)

We present a three-dimensional terahertz metamaterial perfect absorber (MPA) that exhibits a high quality factor and is polarization insensitive. The unit cell is composed of two orthogonally oriented copper stand-up split ring resonators deposited on a copper ground plane with capacitive gaps in free space away from the substrate. Near unity (99.6%) absorption at ~1.65 THz is experimentally obtained in excellent agreement with simulation results. The quality factor is ~37, which is quite large for a terahertz MPA because of reduced material losses in the all-metal structure. According to simulation results, the MPA is insensitive to the polarization of the incident wave, and more than 90% absorption can be achieved for angles of incidence up to 60° for both TE and TM polarized incident THz waves.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0002384; SC0002384

OSTI ID:: 1473862

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1373442

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 111; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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