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Numerical Analysis of Ultra-broadband Metamaterial Absorber with High Absorption in the Visible and Infrared Regions

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Ultra-broadband and high absorption properties are significant for energy harvesting, solar cells, fire detection and imaging. An ultra-broadband and high absorption metamaterial absorber is proposed, which consists of a grid structure and a SiO2 rectangular structure. The simulation results of the metamaterial absorber show that the absorber has an absorption rate of more than 90% with a bandwidth of 3815 nm centered at about 2045 nm. Due to the asymmetry of the absorber structure, it is sensitive to the polarization angle, but still has certain polarization independence and wide-angle absorption characteristics in the whole band (300 ~ 4000 nm). The analysis shows that surface plasmon resonance, local surface plasmon resonance, cavity resonance, and coupling between resonant modes play a dominant role in the broadband and absorption of the absorber. The absorber with broadband and high absorption performance has great potential for solar energy harvesting, thermoelectric, and thermal emitter applications.

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This research was funded by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (61967007 and 61963016), the Key Research and Development Program of Jiangxi Province, China (20201BBF61012), the Key Research and Development Program of Anhui Province, China (202004a05020023), the Science and Technology Major Special Project of Anhui Province, China (202003a05020031), the University Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (2022AH051578), and the Science and Technology Plan Project of Huainan, China (2021A2411).

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    Yang Wang, Shen-Bing Wu, Jia-Bing Zhu, Xiao-Bo Shen & Xian-Lei Ge

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Wang, Y., Wu, SB., Zhu, L. et al. Numerical Analysis of Ultra-broadband Metamaterial Absorber with High Absorption in the Visible and Infrared Regions. Plasmonics 18, 811–820 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-023-01806-z

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