Journal
PLASMONICS
Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages 951-957Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-014-9701-8
Keywords
Metamaterial absorbers; Terahertz absorbers; Finite-difference time-domain method; Frequency detection
Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China [2013CBA01700, 2012CB315704]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [61325023]
- Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China [20130184110015]
- Funds for the Excellent Ph.D. Dissertation of Southwest Jiaotong University
Ask authors/readers for more resources
We present an ultra-broadband metamaterial absorber in the terahertz regime based on the proposed 4 x 4 cascaded metal-dielectric pairs, which would help to reduce the demand for fabrication precision. The generation mechanism of electromagnetic resonances and the formation process of the ultra-broadband absorption were investigated by finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Numerical results showed that absorptivity of similar to 92 % was obtained between 3.2 and 11.8 THz using the 4 x 4 structure. Such absorber was one of potential candidates for rough terahertz frequency estimator with an average detection resolution of 0.56 THz within a 9-THz range, which could be a supplement to the active terahertz spectrum analyzers with high resolution but limited measurement range (similar to 1 THz).
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available