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Tunable Plasmonic Absorber Based on Propagating and Localized Surface Plasmons Using Metal-Dielectric-Metal Structure

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We propose a metal-dielectric-metal super absorber based on propagating and localized surface plasmons which exhibits a near perfect absorption in the visible and near-infrared spectrum. The absorber consists of Ag/Al2O3/Al triple layers in which the top Al layer is a periodic nano disk array. The absorption spectrum can be easily controlled by adjusting the structure parameters including the period and radius of the nano disk and the maximal absorption can reach 99.62 %. We completely analyze the PSPs and LSPs modes supported by the MDM structure and their relationship with the ultrahigh absorption. Moreover, we propose a novel idea to further enhance the absorption by exciting the PSPs and high-order LSPs modes simultaneously, which is different from the previous works. This kind of absorber using stable inexpensive Al instead of noble metal Au or Ag is an appropriate candidate for photovoltaics, spectroscopy, photodetectors, sensing, and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS).

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Acknowledgments

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61306125 and U1435210), the Science and Technology Innovation Project (Y3CX1SS143) of CIOMP, the Science and Technology Innovation Project of Jilin Province (Nos. Y3293UM130, 20130522147JH, and 20140101176JC), and the Science and Technology Innovation Foundation of CAS (CXJJ-15Q071).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Optical System Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130033, China

    Qiang Li, Jinsong Gao, Haigui Yang, Hai Liu, Xiaoyi Wang & Zizheng Li

  2. University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China

    Qiang Li, Jinsong Gao, Zizheng Li & Xin Guo

  3. Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, 201800, China

    Xin Guo

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Li, Q., Gao, J., Yang, H. et al. Tunable Plasmonic Absorber Based on Propagating and Localized Surface Plasmons Using Metal-Dielectric-Metal Structure. Plasmonics 12, 1037–1043 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-016-0356-5

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