Simple Design of a Tunable Quadruple-Broadband Terahertz Metamaterial Absorber Based on VO<sub>2</sub>

Kwang-Jin Ri; Dae-Song Pak; Chung-Ho Ri

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Simple Design of a Tunable Quadruple-Broadband Terahertz Metamaterial Absorber Based on VO₂

Kwang-Jin Ri^*, Dae-Song Pak, Chung-Ho Ri

Published in Advances in Materials (Volume 12, Issue 4)

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Tunable multi-broadband terahertz (THz) metamaterial absorbers (MAs) can effectively act as THz amplitude modulators, which are the essential components for the future THz communication systems. Till now, various tunable multi-broadband THz MAs including tunable dual-broadband and triple-broadband absorbers have been investigated. However, there are few researches on tunable quadruple-broadband THz MAs. In this work, a simple design of tunable quadruple-broadband THz MA based on VO₂ is proposed. The proposed absorber possesses four broad absorption bands with absorptivity over 90% in frequency ranges of 0.54-2.30 THz, 3.67-5.33 THz, 6.72-8.4 THz and 9.72-11.47 THz, and the corresponding absorption bandwidths reach 1.76 THz, 1.66 THz, 1.68 THz and 1.75 THz, respectively. Moreover, we can dynamically control the absorptivity of four absorption bands by varying VO₂ conductivity. Thus, the proposed absorber possesses the modulation depths of 79.15%, 49.71%, 33.03% and 21.98% at 1.48 THz, 4.46 THz, 7.45 THz and 10.44 THz, respectively. The physical origin of quadruple-broadband perfect absorption is revealed with aid of electric field distributions at resonant frequencies. We also investigate the effects of incidence angle and polarization angle on the quadruple-broadband perfect absorption. The proposed absorber has broad application prospects in THz imaging, modulating, detecting and sensing owing to its excellent absorption characteristics.

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Terahertz, Metamaterial, Quadruple, Tunable, Vanadium Dioxide, Bandwidth

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