An angle-tuned polarization-independent multi-narrowband perfect absorber. (1st September 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Qin, Lu; Liu, Fei; Yuan, Fei; Zhang, Ailing; Zhang, Kailiang
• Is Part Of: Journal of optics. Volume 24:Number 9(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-09-01
• Subjects: perfect absorber -- multi-narrowband -- angle-tuned -- MIM guided mode; Optics -- Periodicals; 535.05
• DOI: 10.1088/2040-8986/ac7b97
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2040-8978

Abstract

Abstract: We propose and numerically investigate an angle-tuned polarization-independent multi-narrowband perfect absorber, which comprises a simple gold nanocube array on SiO2 /oxidized aluminum mirror layers. The oxidized aluminum mirror is able to support the surface plasmon polariton mode on the SiO2 /Al2 O3 interface. The multi-narrowband absorption contributes to the simultaneously excited quasi-metal–insulator–metal guided modes and standing wave cavity mode in the thick insulator layer by the incident light normal to the structure in the wavelength range 1400–2400 nm. Moreover, the absorption can be actively modulated by adjusting the incidence angle, and it is polarization independent. The perfect absorber is also suitable for sensing, with the figure of merit reaching 102 RIU −1 within the refractive index range from 1.3 to 1.36.