Open AccessMetasurface with multi-sized structure for multi-band coherent perfect absorption
Author(s) -
Sha Huang,
Zhengwei Xie,
Weidong Chen,
Jin-Qiao Lei,
Fengling Wang,
Ke Liu,
Ling Li
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.26.007066
Subject(s) - optics , materials science , absorption (acoustics) , polarization (electrochemistry) , dielectric , absorbance , optoelectronics , physics , chemistry
We demonstrate that multi-band coherent perfect absorption can be achieved at infrared frequencies by a metasurface in which four-sized columnar metal patches are separated by a dielectric layer in a unit cell. The absorption bandwidth is enhanced by three times compared with single-band absorption while high absorbance is maintained. The coherent perfect absorption is polarization-independent and can be independently modulated at each resonant frequency by tuning the phase difference of two coherent incident beams. Moreover, the resonant frequency is sensitive to the radius of the columnar patch, and thus a wide coherent perfect absorption frequency range can be obtained by adjusting the radius. Through optimizing the structural parameters, nearly perfect absorption at oblique incidence for both TE and TM polarizations are achieved. The optimized metasurface can be used as a beamsplitter at oblique incidence.