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Near-ideal absorption high oblique incident angle stable metamaterial structure for visible to infrared optical spectrum applications

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The Metamaterial Absorber (MA) has emerged as a game-changing tool for various applications such as photodetectors, plasmonic sensors, energy harvesting, imaging, solar cells, optical modulators, and more. The proposed square enclosed square resonators metamaterial comprises single layer metal-dielectric-metal structure (Ni–SiO2–Ni) to achieve over 90% absorption bandwidth from 360 to 1750 nm. The average absorption at the operational wavelength is 94.47%, and a peak absorption of 99% appears at 900 nm. The designed MA shows polarization insensitivity and oblique incident angle stability up to 60˚. Parametric design analysis, electric field, magnetic field, surface current distribution, and temperature distributions have been investigated to comprehend the absorption characteristics of the MA. The Polarization Conversion Ratio result shows the proposed MA as a perfect absorber rather than a polarization converter. The effect of concave and convex bending has also been investigated up to 16˚, validating the stable absorption behavior. Finally, the designed MA can be a potential candidate for visible and optical window applications such as solar energy harvesting, photodetectors, light trapping, etc.

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The authors are grateful to Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

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The authors acknowledge the Geran Universiti Penyelidikan (GUP), grant number GUP-2022–017 funded by the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

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  1. Pusat Sains Angkasa (ANGKASA), Institut Perubahan Iklim, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

    Md. Bakey Billa, Mohammad Lutful Hakim & Touhidul Alam

  2. Abdullah Al Salem University (AASU), Khaldiya, Kuwait

    Ali F. Almutairi

  3. Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

    Norbahiah Misran & Mohammad Tariqul Islam

  4. Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Taif University, PO Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia

    Mohamed S. Soliman

  5. Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Energy Engineering, Aswan University, Aswan 81528, Egypt

    Mohamed S. Soliman

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Conceptualization, MBB, MLH, TA and MTI; Methodology, MBB, MLH, AFA, TA and MTI; Software, MLH; Validation, MBB, TA and MTI; Formal analysis, MBB, MSS, MLH, TA and MTI; Investigation, MBB, MLH, TA and MTI; Writing—original draft, MBB; Writing—review AND editing, MLH, AFA, MSS, TA, MTI, NM; Visualization, MBB and MLH; Supervision, TA and MTI; Funding acquisition, MTI.

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Billa, M.B., Hakim, M.L., Alam, T. et al. Near-ideal absorption high oblique incident angle stable metamaterial structure for visible to infrared optical spectrum applications. Opt Quant Electron 55, 1115 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-023-05412-5

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