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Title: High-performance terahertz wave absorbers made of silicon-based metamaterials

Abstract

Electromagnetic (EM) wave absorbers with high efficiency in different frequency bands have been extensively investigated for various applications. In this paper, we propose an ultra-broadband and polarization-insensitive terahertz metamaterial absorber based on a patterned lossy silicon substrate. Experimentally, a large absorption efficiency more than 95% in a frequency range of 0.9–2.5 THz was obtained up to a wave incident angle as large as 70°. Much broader absorption bandwidth and excellent oblique incidence absorption performance are numerically demonstrated. The underlying mechanisms due to the combination of a waveguide cavity mode and impedance-matched diffraction are analyzed in terms of the field patterns and the scattering features. The monolithic THz absorber proposed here may find important applications in EM energy harvesting systems such as THz barometer or biosensor.

Authors:
; ; ; ; ;  [1]; ; ;  [2]
  1. State Key Lab of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058 (China)
  2. College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058 (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22489131
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 107; Journal Issue: 7; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ABSORPTION; BAROMETERS; DIFFRACTION; EFFICIENCY; FREQUENCY RANGE; IMPEDANCE; METAMATERIALS; PERFORMANCE; POLARIZATION; SILICON; SUBSTRATES; WAVEGUIDES

Citation Formats

Yin, Sheng, Zhu, Jianfei, Jiang, Wei, Yuan, Jun, Yin, Ge, Ma, Yungui, Xu, Wendao, Xie, Lijuan, and Ying, Yibin. High-performance terahertz wave absorbers made of silicon-based metamaterials. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4929151.
Yin, Sheng, Zhu, Jianfei, Jiang, Wei, Yuan, Jun, Yin, Ge, Ma, Yungui, Xu, Wendao, Xie, Lijuan, & Ying, Yibin. High-performance terahertz wave absorbers made of silicon-based metamaterials. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4929151
Yin, Sheng, Zhu, Jianfei, Jiang, Wei, Yuan, Jun, Yin, Ge, Ma, Yungui, Xu, Wendao, Xie, Lijuan, and Ying, Yibin. 2015. "High-performance terahertz wave absorbers made of silicon-based metamaterials". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4929151.
@article{osti_22489131,
title = {High-performance terahertz wave absorbers made of silicon-based metamaterials},
author = {Yin, Sheng and Zhu, Jianfei and Jiang, Wei and Yuan, Jun and Yin, Ge and Ma, Yungui and Xu, Wendao and Xie, Lijuan and Ying, Yibin},
abstractNote = {Electromagnetic (EM) wave absorbers with high efficiency in different frequency bands have been extensively investigated for various applications. In this paper, we propose an ultra-broadband and polarization-insensitive terahertz metamaterial absorber based on a patterned lossy silicon substrate. Experimentally, a large absorption efficiency more than 95% in a frequency range of 0.9–2.5 THz was obtained up to a wave incident angle as large as 70°. Much broader absorption bandwidth and excellent oblique incidence absorption performance are numerically demonstrated. The underlying mechanisms due to the combination of a waveguide cavity mode and impedance-matched diffraction are analyzed in terms of the field patterns and the scattering features. The monolithic THz absorber proposed here may find important applications in EM energy harvesting systems such as THz barometer or biosensor.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4929151},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22489131}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 7,
volume = 107,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}