scholarly journals Ultra Narrow Dual-Band Perfect Absorber Based on a Dielectric−Dielectric−Metal Three-Layer Film Material

Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1552
Author(s):  
Bin Liu ◽  
Pinghui Wu ◽  
Hongyang Zhu ◽  
Li Lv
Keyword(s):  
Plasmon Resonance ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Incident Angle ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Refractive Index Sensor ◽  
Perfect Absorber ◽  
Film Material ◽  
High Q ◽  
Magnetic Polaritons

This paper proposes a perfect metamaterial absorber based on a dielectric−dielectric−metal structure, which realizes ultra-narrowband dual-band absorption in the near-infrared band. The maximum Q factor is 484. The physical mechanism that causes resonance is hybrid coupling between magnetic polaritons resonance and plasmon resonance. At the same time, the research results show that the intensity of magnetic polaritons resonance is much greater than the intensity of the plasmon resonance. By changing the structural parameters and the incident angle of the light source, it is proven that the absorber is tunable, and the working angle tolerance is 15°. In addition, the sensitivity and figure of merit when used as a refractive index sensor are also analyzed. This design provides a new idea for the design of high-Q optical devices, which can be applied to photon detection, spectral sensing, and other high-Q multispectral fields.

scholarly journals Narrowband Perfect Absorber Based on Dielectric-Metal Metasurface for Surface-Enhanced Infrared Sensing

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 2295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guilian Lan ◽  
Zhongxie Jin ◽  
Jinpeng Nong ◽  
Peng Luo ◽  
Caicheng Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Optical Sensors ◽  
Incident Angle ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Refractive Index Sensor ◽  
Perfect Absorber ◽  
Refractive Index Sensitivity ◽  
Infrared Sensing ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Infrared Frequencies

We proposed a narrowband perfect absorber that was based on dielectric-metal metasurface for wide-band surface-enhanced infrared sensing. It is found that the narrowband perfect absorber can generate the hybrid guided modes with high quality-factor at infrared frequencies, which make the absorber highly sensitive to the surrounded analyte. Moreover, tuning the incident angle can actively modulate the resonant wavelength of absorber. Such an absorber with excellent features is employed to realize both refractive index sensing and infrared vibrational fingerprint sensing on a single substrate. It is demonstrated that a refractive index sensitivity of 1800 nm/RIU and figure of merit of 62 RIU−1 can be obtained as the refractive index sensor. While, as a surface enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy substrate, two closed vibrational modes of analyte with nanometer thick layers can be effectively identified and selectively detected with 50-folds enhancement by actively tuning the incident angle without any change in the structural parameters (periodicity, width, height, and refractive index of the grating) of the device after fabricating. Our study offers a promising approach for designing high-performance surface-enhanced infrared optical sensors in the infrared region.

scholarly journals An Asymmetric Silicon Grating Dual-Narrow-Band Perfect Absorber Based on Dielectric-Metal-Dielectric Structure

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Xu ◽  
Lixia Lin ◽  
Dongwei Wei ◽  
Jing Xu ◽  
Jun Fang
Keyword(s):  
Surface Plasmon ◽  
Plasmon Resonance ◽  
Narrow Band ◽  
Incident Angle ◽  
Incident Light ◽  
Fdtd Method ◽  
Geometric Parameters ◽  
Refractive Index Sensor ◽  
Polarization Angle ◽  
Perfect Absorber

With the exhaustion of world energy, new energy has become the most important content of each country’s development strategy. How to efficiently use solar energy has become a research hotspot in current scientific research. Based on surface plasmon resonance and Fabry-Perot (FP) cavity, this paper proposes a design method of asymmetric silicon grating absorber, and uses finite difference time domain (FDTD) method for simulation calculation. By adjusting the geometric parameters, the asymmetric silicon grating absorber realizes two narrow-band absorption peaks with absorption greater than 99% in the optical wavelength range of 3,000–5,000 nm, and the absorption peak wavelengths are λ1 = 3,780 nm and λ2 = 4,135 nm, respectively. When the electromagnetic wave is incident on the surface of the metamaterial, it will excite the plasmon resonance of the metal to form a surface plasmon (SP) wave. When the SP wave propagates along the x axis, the silicon grating can reflect the SP wave back and forth. When the frequency of the SP wave and the incident light are equal, it will cause horizontal FP coupling resonance, resulting in different resonance wavelengths. This paper also discusses the influence of geometric parameters, incident angle and polarization angle on the performance of silicon grating absorbers. Finally, the sensing performance of the structure as a refractive index sensor is studied. The absorber can be used for various spectral applications such as photon detection, optical filtering and spectral sensing.

scholarly journals Hybrid Metamaterials Perfect Absorber and Sensitive Sensor in Optical Communication Band

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuehan Liu ◽  
Keyang Li ◽  
Zhao Meng ◽  
Zhun Zhang ◽  
Zhongchao Wei
Keyword(s):  
Optical Communication ◽  
Electromagnetic Waves ◽  
Incident Angle ◽  
Silicon Layer ◽  
Resonance Wavelength ◽  
Metamaterial Absorber ◽  
Absorption Peak ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Perfect Absorber ◽  
Perfect Absorption

A subwavelength metamaterial perfect absorber (MPA) in optical communication band was proposed and tested using the finite-difference time-domain method. The absorber is periodic and comprises a top layer of diamond silicon surrounded by L-shaped silicon and a gold layer on the substrate. It can achieve dual-band perfect absorption, and one of the peaks is in the optical communication band. By changing the gap (g) between two adjacent pieces of L-shaped silicon, and the thickness (h) of the silicon layer, the resonance wavelength of absorption peak can be tuned. When the incident electromagnetic wave entered the absorber, the metamaterial absorber could almost completely consume the incident electromagnetic waves, thereby achieving more than 99% perfect absorption. The absorption peak reaches 99.986% at 1310 nm and 99.421% at 1550 nm. Moreover, the MPA exposed to different ambient refraction indexes can be applied as plasma sensors, and can achieve multi-channel absorption with high figure of merit (FOM*) value and refractive index (RI) sensitivity. The FOM* values at 1310 nm and 1550 nm are 6615 and 168, respectively, and both resonance peaks have highly RI sensitivity. The results confirm that the MPA is a dual-band, polarization-independent, wide-angle absorber and insensitive to incident angle. Thence it can be applied in the fields of optical communication, used as a light-wave filter and plasma sensor, and so on.

scholarly journals Perfect Dual-Band Absorber Based on Plasmonic Effect with the Cross-Hair/Nanorod Combination

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan-Fong Chou Chau ◽  
Chung-Ting Chou Chao ◽  
Hung Ji Huang ◽  
Muhammad Raziq Rahimi Kooh ◽  
N. T. R. N. Kumara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Figure Of Merit ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Localized Surface Plasmon ◽  
Perfect Absorber ◽  
Plasmonic Effect ◽  
Plasmonic Sensor ◽  
Nanophotonic Devices ◽  
The Cross

Plasmonic effect using a cross-hair can convey strongly localized surface plasmon modes among the separated composite nanostructures. Compared to its counterpart without the cross-hair, this characteristic has the remarkable merit of enhancing absorptance at resonance and can make the structure carry out a dual-band plasmonic perfect absorber (PPA). In this paper, we propose and design a novel dual-band PPA with a gathering of four metal-shell nanorods using a cross-hair operating at visible and near-infrared regions. Two absorptance peaks at 1050 nm and 750 nm with maximal absorptance of 99.59% and 99.89% for modes 1 and 2, respectively, are detected. High sensitivity of 1200 nm refractive unit (1/RIU), figure of merit of 26.67 and Q factor of 23.33 are acquired, which are very remarkable compared with the other PPAs. In addition, the absorptance in mode 1 is about nine times compared to its counterpart without the cross-hair. The proposed structure gives a novel inspiration for the design of a tunable dual-band PPA, which can be exploited for plasmonic sensor and other nanophotonic devices.

scholarly journals Ultranarrow and Tunable Fano Resonance in Ag Nanoshells and a Simple Ag Nanomatryushka

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2039
Author(s):  
Ping Gu ◽  
Xiaofeng Cai ◽  
Guohua Wu ◽  
Chenpeng Xue ◽  
Jing Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electric Fields ◽  
Plasmon Resonance ◽  
Slow Light ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Plasmon Mode ◽  
Formation Mechanisms ◽  
Hybrid Mode ◽  
High Q ◽  
Field Coupling

We study theoretically the Fano resonances (FRs) produced by the near-field coupling between the lowest-order (dipolar) sphere plasmon resonance and the dipolar cavity plasmon mode supported by an Ag nanoshell or the hybrid mode in a simple three-layered Ag nanomatryushka constructed by incorporating a solid Ag nanosphere into the center of Ag nanoshell. We find that the linewidth of dipolar cavity plasmon resonance or hybrid mode induced FR is as narrow as 6.8 nm (corresponding to a high Q-factor of ~160 and a long dephasing time of ~200 fs) due to the highly localized feature of the electric-fields. In addition, we attribute the formation mechanisms of typical asymmetrical Fano line profiles in the extinction spectra to the constructive (Fano peak) and the destructive interferences (Fano dip) arising from the symmetric and asymmetric charge distributions between the dipolar sphere and cavity plasmon or hybrid modes. Interestingly, by simply adjusting the structural parameters, the dielectric refractive index required for the strongest FR in the Ag nanomatryushka can be reduced to be as small as 1.4, which largely reduces the restriction on materials, and the positions of FR can also be easily tuned across a broad spectral range. The ultranarrow linewidth, highly tunability together with the huge enhancement of electric fields at the FR may find important applications in sensing, slow light, and plasmon rulers.

scholarly journals Hybrid Nanodisk Film for Ultra-Narrowband Filtering, Near-Perfect Absorption and Wide Range Sensing

Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenli Cui ◽  
Wei Peng ◽  
Li Yu ◽  
Xiaolin Luo ◽  
Huixuan Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasmon Resonance ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Normal Incidence ◽  
Plasmonic Nanostructures ◽  
Perfect Absorption ◽  
Biomedical Sensing ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Plasmon Resonances

The miniaturization and integration of photonic devices are new requirements in the novel optics field due to the development of photonic information technology. In this paper, we report that a multifunctional layered structure of Au, SiO2 and hexagonal nanodisk film is advantageous for ultra-narrowband filtering, near-perfect absorption and sensing in a wide refractive index (RI) region. This hexagonal nanostructure presented two remarkable polarization independent plasmon resonances with near-zero reflectivity and near-perfect absorptivity under normal incidence in the visible and near-infrared spectral ranges. The narrowest full width at half maximum (FWHM) of these resonances was predicted to be excellent at 5 nm. More notably, the double plasmon resonances showed extremely obvious differences in RI responses. For the first plasmon resonance, an evident linear redshift was observed in a wide RI range from 1.00 to 1.40, and a high RI sensitivity of 600 nm/RIU was obtained compared to other plasmonic nanostructures, such as square and honeycomb-like nanostructures. For the second plasmon resonance with excellent FWHM at 946 nm, its wavelength position almost remained unmovable in the case of changing RI surrounding nanodisks in the same regime. Most unusually, its resonant wavelength was insensitive to nearly all structural parameters except the structural period. The underlying physical mechanism was analyzed in detail for double plasmon resonances. This work was significant in developing high-performance integrated optical devices for filtering, absorbing and biomedical sensing.

scholarly journals Robust Conformal Perfect Absorber Involving Lossy Ultrathin Film

Photonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Kun Wang ◽  
Hui Chen ◽  
Yanpeng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Incident Angle ◽  
Broad Band ◽  
Infrared Range ◽  
Subwavelength Structures ◽  
Perfect Absorber ◽  
Perfect Absorption ◽  
Absorption Performance ◽  
Near Infrared Range ◽  
Lossy Material

Perfect absorbers have been extensively investigated due to their significant value in solar cell, photodetection, and stealth technologies. Various subwavelength structures have been proposed to improve the absorption performances, such as high absorptance, broad band, and wide absorption angle. However, excellent performances usually put forward higher requirements on structural designs, such as varying the geometry sizes or shapes to fit different center wavelengths, which inevitably increases the fabrication burden. Here, a planar sandwich structure involving a layer of highly lossy material is proposed to achieve a robust perfect absorption with 95% absorptance ranging from the visible to near infrared range. Such an excellent absorption performance is also polarization-independent and applicable to a wide incident angle. Furthermore, the proposed design can also be applied to conformal surfaces with a 90% fluctuation over a steep surface. We believe that the proposed perfect absorber with distinguished performances can find wide application.

scholarly journals A Narrow Dual-Band Monolayer Unpatterned Graphene-Based Perfect Absorber with Critical Coupling in the Near Infrared

Micromachines ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pinghui Wu ◽  
Zeqiang Chen ◽  
Danyang Xu ◽  
Congfen Zhang ◽  
Ronghua Jian
Keyword(s):  
Optical Switching ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Resonance Structure ◽  
Perfect Absorber ◽  
Critical Coupling ◽  
Infrared Band ◽  
Guided Mode ◽  
The Cross

The combination of critical coupling and coupled mode theory in this study elevated the absorption performance of a graphene-based absorber in the near-infrared band, achieving perfect absorption in the double bands (98.96% and 98.22%), owing to the guided mode resonance (the coupling of the leak mode and guided mode under the condition of phase matching, which revealed 100% transmission or reflection efficiency in the wavelet band), and a third high-efficiency absorption (91.34%) emerged. During the evaluation of the single-structure, cross-circle-shaped absorber via simulation and theoretical analysis, the cross-circle shaped absorber assumed a conspicuous preponderance through exploring the correlation between absorption and tunable parameters (period, geometric measure, and incident angle of the cross-circle absorber), and by briefly analyzing the quality factors and universal applicability. Hence, the cross-circle resonance structure provides novel potential for the design of a dual-band unpatterned graphene perfect absorber in the near-infrared band, and possesses practical application significance in photoelectric detectors, modulators, optical switching, and numerous other photoelectric devices.

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