Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Design of four-band terahertz perfect absorber based on a simple #-shaped metamaterial resonator

  • Published:
Applied Physics A Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

We propose a simple and novel design of four-band terahertz perfect metamaterial absorber composed of a periodic arrangement of metallic #-shaped strip and a metallic background plane, separated by a dielectric polyimide spacer. Theoretical results show that the proposed absorber has four distinct absorption bands whose peaks are average over 99 %. Different from previous reports by combining the resonances of the complex structure (coplanar super-unit structure or stacked multilayer structure) to realize multiband response, the proposed structure primarily utilizes the combination of LC and electric dipole resonances of the single patterned structure, thus making the proposed structure very easy to be fabricated. Furthermore, sensing performance of the absorber is analyzed in terms of the over-layer and the surrounding index.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 9
Fig. 10

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. C. Enkrich, M. Wegener, S. Linden, S. Burger, L. Zschiedrich, F. Schmidt, J.F. Zhou, T. Koschny, C.M. Soukoulis, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 203901 (2005)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. S. Zhang, W. Fan, B.K. Minhas, A. Frauenglass, K.J. Malloy, S.R.J. Brueck, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 037402 (2005)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. T.J. Yen, W.J. Padilla, N. Fang, D.C. Vier, D.R. Smith, J.B. Pendry, D.N. Basov, X. Zhang, Science 303, 1494 (2004)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. R.A. Shelby, D.R. Smith, S. Schultz, Science 292, 77 (2001)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. D. Schurig, J.J. Mock, B.J. Justice, S.A. Cummer, J.B. Pendry, A.F. Starr, D.R. Smith, Science 314, 977 (2006)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. D. Hu, C.Q. Xie, M. Liu, Y. Zhang, Phys. Rev. A 85, 045801 (2012)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. D. Hu, S.F. Feng, B.Z. Dong, Y. Zhang, IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum 19, 8400606 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. X. Zhang, Z.W. Liu, Nat. Mater. 7, 435 (2008)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. D. Hu, X.K. Wang, S.F. Feng, J.S. Ye, W.F. Sun, Q. Kan, P.J. Klar, Y. Zhang, Adv. Opt. Mater. 1, 186 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. D. Hu, H.Y. Wang, Z.J. Tang, X.W. Zhang, L. Ju, H.Y. Wang, Chin. Phys. B 25, 037801 (2016)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. X.L. Liu, T. Starr, A.F. Starr, W.J. Padilla, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 207403 (2010)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. S. Bhattacharyya, H. Baradiya, K.V. Srivastava, in IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Chicago, 2012, pp. 1–2

  13. N. Liu, M. Mesch, T. Weiss, M. Hentschel, H. Giessen, Nano Lett. 10, 2342 (2010)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  14. M. Diem, T. Koschny, C.M. Soukoulis, Phys. Rev. B 79, 033101 (2009)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  15. X.L. Liu, T. Tyler, T. Starr, A.F. Starr, N.M. Jokerst, W.J. Padilla, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 045901 (2011)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  16. N.I. Landy, C.M. Bingham, T. Tyler, N. Jokerst, D.R. Smith, W.J. Padilla, Phys. Rev. B 79, 125104 (2009)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  17. Y. Wang, T.Y. Sun, T. Paudel, Y. Zhang, Z.F. Ren, K. Kempa, Nano Lett. 12, 440 (2012)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  18. N.I. Landy, S. Sajuyigbe, J.J. Mock, D.R. Smith, W.J. Padilla, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 207402 (2008)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  19. L.B. Zhang, P.H. Zhou, H.Y. Chen, H.P. Lu, J.L. Xie, L.J. Deng, Appl. Phys. A 121, 233 (2015)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  20. F. Ding, Y. Jin, B. Li, H. Cheng, L. Mo, S.L. He, Laser Photon. Rev. 8, 946 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. S. Bhattacharyya, S. Ghosh, K.V. Srivastava, Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett. 55, 2131 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. J. Grant, Y. Ma, S. Saha, A. Khalid, D.R.S. Cumming, Opt. Lett. 36, 3476 (2011)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  23. B.X. Wang, L.L. Wang, G.Z. Wang, W.Q. Huang, X.F. Li, X. Zhai, Appl. Phys. A 115, 1187 (2014)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  24. J.N. Zhang, G.C. Wang, B. Zhang, T. He, Y.N. He, J.L. Shen, Opt. Mater. 54, 32 (2016)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  25. R. Singh, A.K. Azad, Q.X. Jia, A.J. Taylor, H.T. Chen, Opt. Lett. 36, 1230 (2011)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  26. W.J. Wang, M.B. Yan, Y.Q. Pang, J.F. Wang, H. Ma, S.B. Qua, H.Y. Chen, C.L. Xu, M.D. Feng, Appl. Phys. A 118, 443 (2015)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  27. Z.W. Mao, S.B. Liu, B. Bian, B.Y. Wang, B. Ma, L. Chen, J.Y. Xu, J. Appl. Phys. 115, 204505 (2014)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  28. L. Huang, D.R. Chowdhury, S. Ramani, M.T. Reiten, S.N. Luo, A.J. Taylor, H.T. Chen, Opt. Lett. 37, 154 (2012)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  29. S. Bhattacharyya, K.V. Srivastava, in Proceedings of URSI International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory (EMTS) 2013, Hiroshima, 2013, pp. 722, 20–24 May 2013

  30. A. Bhattacharya, S. Bhattacharyya, S. Ghosh, D. Chaurasiya, K.V. Srivastava, Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett. 57, 2519 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. X.P. Shen, Y. Yang, Y.Z. Zang, J.Q. Gu, J.G. Han, W.L. Zhang, T.J. Cui, Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 154102 (2012)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  32. G.D. Wang, M.H. Liu, X.W. Hu, L.H. Kong, L.L. Cheng, Z.Q. Chen, Eur. Phys. J. B 86, 304 (2013)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  33. S. Cao, W.X. Yu, T.S. Wang, H.H. Shen, X.D. Han, W.B. Xu, X.M. Zhang, Opt. Mat. Express 4, 1876 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  34. J.F. Zhu, Z.F. Ma, W.J. Sun, F. Ding, Q. He, L. Zhou, Y.G. Ma, Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 021102 (2014)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  35. F.R. Hu, L. Wang, B.G. Quan, X.L. Xu, Z. Li, Z.G. Wu, X.C. Pan, J. Phys. D Appl. Phys. 46, 195103 (2013)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  36. X.J. He, S.T. Yan, Q.X. Ma, Q.F. Zhang, P. Jia, F.M. Wu, J.X. Jiang, Opt. Commun. 340, 44 (2015)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  37. S. Bhattacharyya, K.V. Srivastava, in IEEE Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Sendai, 2014, p. 816, 4–7 Nov 2014

  38. Y.Z. Cheng, Y. Nie, R.Z. Gong, H.L. Yang, Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 56, 31301 (2011)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  39. H. Li, L.H. Yuan, B. Zhou, X.P. Shen, Q. Cheng, T.J. Cu, J. Appl. Phys. 110, 014909 (2011)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  40. Q.W. Ye, Y. Liu, H. Lin, M.H. Li, H.L. Yang, Appl. Phys. A 107, 115 (2012)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  41. T.M. Kollatou, A.I. Dimitriadis, S.D. Assimonis, N.V. Kantartzis, C.S. Antonopoulos, Appl. Phys. A 115, 555 (2014)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  42. FDTD Solutions, www.lumerical.com

  43. G.Z. Wang, B.X. Wang, J. Lightwave Technol. 33, 5151 (2015)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  44. M.P. Hokmabadi, D.S. Wilbert, P. Kung, S.M. Kim, Phys. Rev. Appl. 1, 044003 (2014)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  45. D.R. Smith, D.C. Vier, T.H. Koschny, C.M. Soukoulis, Phys. Rev. E 71, 036617 (2005)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  46. S. Bhattacharyya, S. Ghosh, D. Chaurasiya, K.V. Srivastava, IET Microw. Antennas Propag. 9, 1160 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  47. C.L. Holloway, E.F. Kuester, A. Dienstfrey, IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. 10, 1507 (2011)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  48. S. Ghosh, K.V. Srivastava, IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. 14, 511 (2015)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  49. H.T. Chen, Opt. Express 20, 7165 (2012)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  50. L. Huang, D.R. Chowdhury, S. Ramani, M.T. Reiten, S.N. Luo, A.K. Azad, A.J. Taylor, H.T. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 101102 (2012)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  51. C. Sabah, F. Dincer, M. Karaaslan, E. Unal, O. Akgol, E. Demirel, Opt. Commun. 322, 137 (2014)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

This work is supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11504006), the Key Scientific Research Project of Higher Education of Henan Province (Grant No. 15A140002), the Science and Technology Planning Project of Henan Province (Grant No. 142300410366), the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei province (Grant No. A2013402036), and the Science and Technology Research Foundation of Hebei Education Department in University (Grant No. YQ2014013).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. College of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Anyang Normal University, Anyang, 455000, China

    Dan Hu, Zhenjie Tang & Xiwei Zhang

  2. College of Media and Communications, Anyang Normal University, Anyang, 455000, China

    Hongyan Wang

  3. College of Science, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, 056038, China

    Qiaofen Zhu

Authors
  1. Dan Hu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Hongyan Wang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Zhenjie Tang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Xiwei Zhang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Qiaofen Zhu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Dan Hu.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Hu, D., Wang, H., Tang, Z. et al. Design of four-band terahertz perfect absorber based on a simple #-shaped metamaterial resonator. Appl. Phys. A 122, 826 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-0357-4

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-0357-4

Keywords

Search

Navigation