Actively tunable dual-broadband graphene-based terahertz metamaterial absorber*

A tunable metamaterial absorber (MA) with dual-broadband and high absorption properties at terahertz (THz) frequencies is designed in this work. The MA consists of a periodic array of flower-like monolayer graphene patterns at top, a SiO2 dielectric spacer in middle, and a gold ground plane at the bottom. The simulation results demonstrate that the designed MA has two wide absorption bands with an absorption of over 90% in frequency ranges of 0.68 THz-1.63 THz and 3.34 THz-4.08 THz, and the corresponding relative bandwidths reach 82.3% and 20%, respectively. The peak absorptivity of the absorber can be dynamically controlled from less than 10% to nearly 100% by adjusting the graphene chemical potential from 0 eV to 0.9 eV. Furthermore, the designed absorber is polarization-insensitive and has good robustness to incident angles. Such a high-performance MA has broad application prospects in THz imaging, modulating, filtering, etc.

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The designed tunable metamaterial absorber demonstrated dual-broadband high absorption properties at terahertz frequencies, with absorption rates reaching over 90%. By adjusting the graphene chemical potential, the absorptivity can be dynamically controlled from less than 10% to nearly 100%. The absorber is polarization-insensitive and robust to incident angles, showing potential for applications in THz imaging, modulating, filtering, etc.