Active tunable terahertz bandwidth absorber based on single layer graphene

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In this paper, an active tunable terahertz bandwidth absorber based on single-layer graphene is proposed, which consists of a graphene layer, a photo crystal plate, and a gold substrate. When the Fermi energy ( E _f) of graphene is 1.5 eV, the absorber shows high absorption in the range of 3.7 THz–8 THz, and the total absorption rate is 96.8%. By exploring the absorption mechanism of the absorber, the absorber shows excellent physical regulation. The absorber also shows good adjustability by changing the E _f of graphene. This means that the absorber exhibits excellent tunability by adjusting the physical parameters and E _f of the absorber. Meanwhile, the absorber is polarization independent and insensitive to the incident angle. The fine characteristics of the absorber mean that the absorber has superior application value in many fields such as biotechnology and space exploration.

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Hou-Tong Chen, Willie J. Padilla, Joshua M O Zide … (2006)

The development of artificially structured electromagnetic materials, termed metamaterials, has led to the realization of phenomena that cannot be obtained with natural materials. This is especially important for the technologically relevant terahertz (1 THz = 10(12) Hz) frequency regime; many materials inherently do not respond to THz radiation, and the tools that are necessary to construct devices operating within this range-sources, lenses, switches, modulators and detectors-largely do not exist. Considerable efforts are underway to fill this 'THz gap' in view of the useful potential applications of THz radiation. Moderate progress has been made in THz generation and detection; THz quantum cascade lasers are a recent example. However, techniques to control and manipulate THz waves are lagging behind. Here we demonstrate an active metamaterial device capable of efficient real-time control and manipulation of THz radiation. The device consists of an array of gold electric resonator elements (the metamaterial) fabricated on a semiconductor substrate. The metamaterial array and substrate together effectively form a Schottky diode, which enables modulation of THz transmission by 50 per cent, an order of magnitude improvement over existing devices.

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We present the design for an absorbing metamaterial (MM) with near unity absorbance A(omega). Our structure consists of two MM resonators that couple separately to electric and magnetic fields so as to absorb all incident radiation within a single unit cell layer. We fabricate, characterize, and analyze a MM absorber with a slightly lower predicted A(omega) of 96%. Unlike conventional absorbers, our MM consists solely of metallic elements. The substrate can therefore be optimized for other parameters of interest. We experimentally demonstrate a peak A(omega) greater than 88% at 11.5 GHz.