Journal
ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS
Volume 6, Issue 22, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adom.201800672
Keywords
metasurfaces; optical coatings; perfect absorbers; thin films
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- Ohio Third Frontier Project Research Cluster on Surfaces in Advanced Materials (RC-SAM) at Case Western Reserve University
- MORE Center at Case Western Reserve University
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Optical absorbers comprised of an ultrathin lossy dielectric film on an opaque metallic substrate are an attractive alternative to lithographically intense metamaterial and nanoplasmonic optical absorbers as they allow for large-scale, cost-effective fabrication. However, requiring that the dielectric is lossy and the metallic substrate is highly reflective but not a perfect electric conductor (PEC) limits the wavelength range and materials that can be used to realize strong to perfect light absorption. In this work, we theoretically and experimentally investigate light absorption using ultrathin lossless dielectric films. By choosing proper lossless ultrathin dielectrics and substrates, iridescence free, perfect light absorption is possible over the visible, near infrared (NIR), and short-wave infrared (SWIR) wavelength ranges with designer absorption properties. The proposed class of ultrathin film absorbers relaxes many constraints on the type of materials used to realize perfect light absorption. The flexibility of our design makes it relevant for many applications specifically in structural coloring, selective thermal emission, thermo-photovoltaics, photo-thermoelectric generation, and gas sensing.
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