Mechanically tunable terahertz metamaterial perfect absorber
Mechanically tunable terahertz metamaterial perfect absorber
The development of a wide range of technologies based on terahertz (THz) electromagnetic radiation drives a strong demand for flexible optical elements. Metasurfaces based on metallic resonators offer a versatile toolkit that permits easy tuning over a wide spectral range by the geometric design. Herein, a mechanically tuned metasurface perfect absorber comprised of split-ring resonators in combination with a metallic mirror in a microcavity arrangement, is demonstrated. By mechanically tuning the length of the microcavity in the range of 10 μm and above, precise control over the perfect absorption condition is exhibited. A maximum recorded extinction of 45.8 dB is obtained at the perfect absorption condition, corresponding to a suppression of the reflected radiation by almost five orders of magnitude. Experiments are performed in a reflection arrangement using a terahertz time-domain spectrometer. Simulations of the experimental arrangement show that near-field effects are weak and the enhancement of metamaterial perfect absorption is in agreement with purely interferometric effects.
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Piper, Lewis K.
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Singh, H. Johnson
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Woods, Jonathan R. C.
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Sun, Kai
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Muskens, Otto L.
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1 December 2021
Piper, Lewis K.
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Singh, H. Johnson
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Woods, Jonathan R. C.
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Sun, Kai
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Muskens, Otto L.
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Apostolopoulos, Vasilis
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Piper, Lewis K., Singh, H. Johnson, Woods, Jonathan R. C., Sun, Kai, Muskens, Otto L. and Apostolopoulos, Vasilis
(2021)
Mechanically tunable terahertz metamaterial perfect absorber.
Advanced Photonics Research, 2 (12), .
(doi:10.1002/adpr.202100136).
Abstract
The development of a wide range of technologies based on terahertz (THz) electromagnetic radiation drives a strong demand for flexible optical elements. Metasurfaces based on metallic resonators offer a versatile toolkit that permits easy tuning over a wide spectral range by the geometric design. Herein, a mechanically tuned metasurface perfect absorber comprised of split-ring resonators in combination with a metallic mirror in a microcavity arrangement, is demonstrated. By mechanically tuning the length of the microcavity in the range of 10 μm and above, precise control over the perfect absorption condition is exhibited. A maximum recorded extinction of 45.8 dB is obtained at the perfect absorption condition, corresponding to a suppression of the reflected radiation by almost five orders of magnitude. Experiments are performed in a reflection arrangement using a terahertz time-domain spectrometer. Simulations of the experimental arrangement show that near-field effects are weak and the enhancement of metamaterial perfect absorption is in agreement with purely interferometric effects.
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