THz-metamaterial absorbers*

Van Tuong Pham, J W Park, Dinh Lam Vu, H Y Zheng, J Y Rhee, K W Kim and Y P Lee

Abstract

An ultrabroad-band metamaterial absorber was investigated in mid-IR regime based on a similar model in previous work. The high absorption of metamaterial was obtained in a band of 8–11.7 THz with energy loss distributed in SiO₂, which is appropriate potentially for solar-cell applications. A perfect absorption peak was provided by using a sandwich structure with periodical anti-dot pattern in the IR region, getting closed to visible-band metamaterials. The dimensional parameters were examined for the corresponding fabrication