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Dual-Band Perfect Absorber Based on All-Dielectric GaAs Metasurface for Terahertz Wave

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Although many multi-band terahertz (THz)–metasurface perfect absorbers (MPAs) have been proposed, many efforts are still suffering from complex structure design and high fabrication cost, thus limited in practical application. Here, a simple design of the dual-band MPA was proposed in the THz region, which is composed of the complementary-star-shaped (CSS) structure all-dielectric GaAs array. Simulation results show that the designed MPA can achieve an absorbance of over 99.9% at 0.715 THz and 0.861 THz, respectively, which can be confirmed by the coupling mode theory (CMT). In addition, the high Q-factors of about 79.58 and 78.27 of the designed MPA can be achieved, respectively. The observed perfect absorption of the MPA is mainly contributed to the excitations of the surface plasmonic polaritons (SPPs) modes. The absorption properties of the MPA can be adjusted by varying the geometric parameters of the unit-cell structure. Due to its excellent properties, the designed dual-band MPA may find many potential THz applications in sensing, detecting, thermal emitting, and imaging.

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Xiaodi Weng and Xuejin Wang: software, data curation, and writing—original draft. Xiaodi Weng, Jie Wang, and Xuejin Wang: conceptualization and methodology. Xiaodi Weng, Jie Wang, Changming Xu, Yongqibg Wang, Yining Liao, and Xuejin Wan: visualization and investigation. Xiaodi Weng and Xuejin Wang: writing—review and editing. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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Weng, X., Wang, J., Xu, C. et al. Dual-Band Perfect Absorber Based on All-Dielectric GaAs Metasurface for Terahertz Wave. Plasmonics 18, 521–528 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-022-01783-9

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