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Six band terahertz absorption in metamaterial for designing optical filters, and sensors

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Six band metamaterial perfect absorber at the terahertz region is made and designed of two rectangular bars and a metallic board separated by a dielectric spacer. The simulated results show that the absorber has six distinctive absorption modes at frequencies 1.80 THz, 3.35 THz, 4.5 THz, 5.25 THz, 5.95 THz, and 6.1 THz with absorption rates of 97%, 96.2%, 97.07%, 91.1%, 100%, and 83%, respectively. The absorption mechanism of the six-band absorber was investigated by near-field distribution. The frequencies of these absorption bands can be adjusted by controlling the structural parameters of the proposed design. Furthermore, the influence of the geometric parameters on the performance of six-band light absorption was also analyzed to further verify the underlying mechanism of these six bands. In addition, two conventional parameters, the sensitivity (S) and figure of merit (FOM) were used to investigate the sensing performance of the proposed design. FOM of the fifth absorption peak can reach up to 26.9 which is much higher than the previously reported values for the terahertz region. This type of six-band absorber finds many potential applications in sensing and detection, filters, solar energy, and stealth technology.

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  1. Department of Physics, Islamia College Peshawar (Chartered University), Peshawar, 25120, Pakistan

    Shahzad Anwar

  2. Nanomaterials Research Group, Physics Division, PINSTECH, Nilore, Islamabad, 45650, Pakistan

    Ghafar Ali, Husnul Maab, Shahnaz Akhtar, Shafqat Karim & Maaz Khan

  3. College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China

    Qasim Khan

  4. Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, Health Physics Program, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA

    Muhammad Maqbool

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Anwar, S., Ali, G., Maab, H. et al. Six band terahertz absorption in metamaterial for designing optical filters, and sensors. Opt Quant Electron 54, 436 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-022-03821-6

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