• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 5, Issue 6, 000536 (2017)
Xi Wang, Xing Jiang, Qi You, Jun Guo, Xiaoyu Dai, and Yuanjiang Xiang*
Author Affiliations
  • SZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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    Xi Wang, Xing Jiang, Qi You, Jun Guo, Xiaoyu Dai, Yuanjiang Xiang. Tunable and multichannel terahertz perfect absorber due to Tamm surface plasmons with graphene[J]. Photonics Research, 2017, 5(6): 000536 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    In this paper, we have shown that perfect absorption at terahertz frequencies can be achieved by using a composite structure where graphene is coated on one-dimensional photonic crystal (1DPC) separated by a dielectric. Due to the excitation of optical Tamm states (OTSs) at the interface between the graphene and 1DPC, a strong absorption phenomenon occurs induced by the coupling of the incident light and OTSs. Although the perfect absorption produced by a metal–distributed Bragg reflector structure has been researched extensively, it is generally at a fixed frequency and not tunable. Here, we show that the perfect absorption at terahertz frequency not only can be tuned to different frequencies but also exhibits a high absorption over a wide angle range. In addition, the absorption of the proposed structure is insensitive to the polarization, and multichannel absorption can be realized by controlling the thickness of the top layer.
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    |rGra||rDBR|1,(6)

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    Arg[rGrarDBRexp(2iϕ)]0.(7)

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    ϵ(ω)=ϵ+ϵsϵ1+iωτ,(8)

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    Xi Wang, Xing Jiang, Qi You, Jun Guo, Xiaoyu Dai, Yuanjiang Xiang. Tunable and multichannel terahertz perfect absorber due to Tamm surface plasmons with graphene[J]. Photonics Research, 2017, 5(6): 000536
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