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Bi-tunable asymmetric light transmission (AT) and nearly perfect resonant absorption functionalities are achieved by a Lorentz-reciprocal metamaterial for the operation at the mid-infrared (MIR) wavelengths and transverse magnetic polarization. The bi-tunable metamaterial with bi-functional features and a total thickness of 1.8 μm is based on an hBN/graphene/hBN heterostructure that is bounded by a Ge grating on the upper side and a hybrid VO2/Au grating on the lower side. Through analytical calculations, we first investigate how the dispersion characteristics of the high-β hyperbolic phonon polaritons of hBN can be controlled and hybridized through the insulator (i-VO2) to metal (m-VO2) transition of VO2 in a bare hBN/VO2 heterostructure. Then, at the absence of graphene and owing to the support of the hybridized high-β modes, a broad and efficient AT with forward-to-backward contrast exceeding 40% is obtained by numerical calculations for the i-VO2 case, as the first functionality of the structure. Moreover, it is found that for the m-VO2 case, the device is no longer transmittive and a nearly perfect resonant absorption response, as the second functionality, is observed for backward illumination. Finally, by introducing multilayer graphene into the structure and considering the intermediate states of VO2 in the calculations, the bi-tunable transmission and absorption characteristics of the device are investigated. We believe the designed metamaterial is well-suited for MIR optical diodes, sensors, and thermal emitters.

journal of the optical society of america b

VO<sub>2</sub>-hBN-graphene-based bi-functional metamaterial for mid-infrared bi-tunable asymmetric transmission and nearly perfect resonant absorption

VO2-hBN-graphene-based bi-functional metamaterial for mid-infrared bi-tunable asymmetric transmission and nearly perfect resonant absorption

VO₂-hBN-graphene-based bi-functional metamaterial for mid-infrared bi-tunable asymmetric transmission and nearly perfect resonant absorption