• 文献标题:   Polarization-Insensitive, Broadband, and Tunable Terahertz Absorber Using Slotted-Square Graphene Meta-Rings
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZAKIR S, BILAL RMH, NAVEED MA, BAQIR MA, KHAN MUA, ALI MM, SAEED MA, MEHMOOD MQ, MASSOUD Y
  • 作者关键词:   terhertz, broadband, polarizationinsensitive metamaterial, absorber, graphene, tunable
  • 出版物名称:   IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL
  • ISSN:   1943-0655 EI 1943-0647
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  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1109/JPHOT.2022.3229900
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

Graphene-based metamaterials are gaining popularity for developing various reconfigurable and electrically tunable optical devices - especially in terahertz (THz) and infrared (IR) bands. Therefore, in this paper, we aim to investigate the broadband metamaterial-based absorber that efficiently absorbs the THz radiation ranging from 2.2 to 4.6 THz. The proposed absorber comprises a simple meta-square ring of graphene, which possesses different slots in its structure to induce multiple plasmonic resonances. It is observed that the proposed absorber manifests above 95% absorption for the normally incident THz waves, and it also maintains its absorption value over 80% for different obliquely incident operating conditions. Furthermore, the proposed absorber shows polarization-insensitive features. In addition, the absorption characteristics regulate from 95% to 15% by adjusting the chemical potential of graphene from 1 eV to 0.1 eV. Some of the salient features of the proposed absorber is largest reported bandwidth for single layer absorber with smallest footprint without sacrificing polarization insensitivity or amplitude tunability. From the application point of view, it could provide the pathway for implementing switching, cloaking, smart absorbers, and detection phenomena in the THz range.