• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 18, Issue 9, 092403 (2020)
Junyu Xiao1, Ruiwen Xiao1, Rongxuan Zhang1, Zhixiong Shen2, Wei Hu2, Lei Wang1、2、*, and Yanqing Lu2
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
  • 2National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, and College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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    Junyu Xiao, Ruiwen Xiao, Rongxuan Zhang, Zhixiong Shen, Wei Hu, Lei Wang, Yanqing Lu. Tunable terahertz absorber based on transparent and flexible metamaterial[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2020, 18(9): 092403 Copy Citation Text show less
    (a) Schematic of the flexible and transparent TMA. (b) The geometry of a unit cell.
    Fig. 1. (a) Schematic of the flexible and transparent TMA. (b) The geometry of a unit cell.
    (a), (b) Simulated absorptivity spectra of the proposed TMA under TE (TM) polarization with different θ. (c) Simulated electric field distribution of a unit cell under 60° and 90°. (d) Simulated surface current distribution between the crossed ITO arm resonator and the bottom layer at 0.977 THz in TE polarization.
    Fig. 2. (a), (b) Simulated absorptivity spectra of the proposed TMA under TE (TM) polarization with different θ. (c) Simulated electric field distribution of a unit cell under 60° and 90°. (d) Simulated surface current distribution between the crossed ITO arm resonator and the bottom layer at 0.977 THz in TE polarization.
    (a), (b) Simulated absorptivity spectra of the proposed TMA in TE (TM) polarization with different thicknesses.
    Fig. 3. (a), (b) Simulated absorptivity spectra of the proposed TMA in TE (TM) polarization with different thicknesses.
    (a) Photograph of the fabricated sample. (b) Photograph of the fabricated sample in the bending state. (c) Cross resonator in a microscope with the reflection mode. x=100 μm, y=120 μm.
    Fig. 4. (a) Photograph of the fabricated sample. (b) Photograph of the fabricated sample in the bending state. (c) Cross resonator in a microscope with the reflection mode. x=100μm, y=120μm.
    (a) Time-domain results of the THz absorber. (b) Absorptivity spectra of the proposed TMA from 0.5 to 2.0 THz for TE and TM waves.
    Fig. 5. (a) Time-domain results of the THz absorber. (b) Absorptivity spectra of the proposed TMA from 0.5 to 2.0 THz for TE and TM waves.
    (a) Geometry of a unit cell after adding the air layer. (b) Absorptivity spectra of the tunable and transparent TMA.
    Fig. 6. (a) Geometry of a unit cell after adding the air layer. (b) Absorptivity spectra of the tunable and transparent TMA.
    Junyu Xiao, Ruiwen Xiao, Rongxuan Zhang, Zhixiong Shen, Wei Hu, Lei Wang, Yanqing Lu. Tunable terahertz absorber based on transparent and flexible metamaterial[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2020, 18(9): 092403
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