Photonic Sensors, Volume. 13, Issue 2, 230231(2023)

Coupling of Epsilon-Near-Zero Mode to Mushroom-Type Metamaterial for Optimizing Infrared Suppression and Radiative Cooling

Jiacheng LI1, Shuang LIU1、*, Shenglan WU1, Yong LIU1, and Zhiyong ZHONG2
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
  • 2School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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    We report a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) compatible metamaterial-based spectrally selective absorber/emitter (MBSSAE) for infrared (IR) stealth, which has the low absorption/emissivity in the IR atmospheric transmission window (3 μm-5 μm, 8 μm-14 μm) and ultra-high and broadband absorption/emissivity in the IR non-atmospheric window (5 μm-8 μm). We propose a novel method for the broadband absorption/emissivity in 5 μm-8 μm with incorporation of an epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) material between the top patterned aluminum (Al) disks layer and the silicon oxide (SiO2) spacer layer. With an appropriate design, the peaks in the IR atmospheric transmission window can be suppressed while the peak intensity in the non-atmospheric window remains high. The optimized MBSSAE has an average absorption/emissivity less than 10% in 8 μm - 14 μm and less than 6% in 3 μm - 5 μm. And the average absorption/emissivity in 5 μm -8 μm is approximately over 64%. This proposed scheme may introduce the opportunities for the large-area and low-cost infrared stealth coating, as well as for the radiative cooling, spectral selective thermal detector, optical sensor, and thermophotovoltaic applications.

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    Jiacheng LI, Shuang LIU, Shenglan WU, Yong LIU, Zhiyong ZHONG. Coupling of Epsilon-Near-Zero Mode to Mushroom-Type Metamaterial for Optimizing Infrared Suppression and Radiative Cooling[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2023, 13(2): 230231

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    Paper Information

    Category: Regular

    Received: Jul. 6, 2022

    Accepted: Sep. 30, 2022

    Published Online: Mar. 21, 2024

    The Author Email: LIU Shuang (shuangliu@uestc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s13320-022-0672-7

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