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Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 3, 168(2018)

Tuning the metal filling fraction in metal-insulator-metal ultra-broadband perfect absorbers to maximize the absorption bandwidth

Amir Ghobadi1,2, Hodjat Hajian1, Alireza Rahimi Rashed1, Bayram Butun1, and Ekmel Ozbay1,2,3,4、*
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  • 1NANOTAM-Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
  • 2Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
  • 3Department of Physics, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
  • 4UNAM-Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
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    Amir Ghobadi, Hodjat Hajian, Alireza Rahimi Rashed, Bayram Butun, Ekmel Ozbay. Tuning the metal filling fraction in metal-insulator-metal ultra-broadband perfect absorbers to maximize the absorption bandwidth[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(3): 168

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    Category: Metamaterials

    Received: Nov. 24, 2017

    Accepted: Dec. 29, 2017

    Published Online: Jul. 10, 2018

    The Author Email: Ekmel Ozbay (ozbay@bilkent.edu.tr)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000168

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