Switchable Wideband Terahertz Absorber Based on Refractory and Vanadium Dioxide Metamaterials

Autor: Jinglei Wang, Yu Yao, Xiaoshan Liu, Guiqiang Liu, Zhengqi Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1943-0655
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2023.3234535
Popis: Achieving actively tunable metamaterial absorption is a significant development direction. Phase-transition materials have attracted growing interest for the use in nanophotonics owing to their flexibility. In this work, we firstly demonstrate a wideband terahertz refractory absorber that achieves more than 90% absorptance in the range of 1.71--3.31 THz. The metal composing the structure is refractory metal, which could function in high-temperature conditions and complex electromagnetic environment. Then, we incorporate phase-change material vanadium dioxide (VO2) film to this refractory absorber, realizing high reflection of more than 93% in the metallic state, while the wideband perfect absorption peak over 98% is obtained in the insulating state. Calculated results show that metamaterial absorber obtains switchable functions. Furthermore, the tunable absorber has polarization-insensitive behavior. So, our designed absorber with dynamic tunable characteristics provides flexibility to adjust the absorption performance and has significant value in application. The proposed architecture offers a novel method for creating dynamic and multi-functional photonic devices in phase-change materials.
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