Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 19, 1916001(2022)

Narrow/Broad Band Switchable Terahertz Absorber Based on Graphene and Vanadium Dioxide Composite Structure

Chengcheng Huang1, Yonggang Zhang1、*, Lanju Liang2、**, Haiyun Yao2, Wenjia Liu1, and Fu Qiu1
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  • 1School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, Anhui , China
  • 2School of Opto-Electronic Engineering, Zaozhuang University, Zaozhuang 277160, Shandong , China
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    This paper presents a dynamically tunable narrow/broad band switchable THz absorber. The absorber is composed of tunable materials, i.e., graphene and VO2, and gold and cycloolefin copolymers. When VO2 is thermally induced to achieve insulator-to-metal transition, the absorber switches between broad bands and narrow bands. Its switching amplitude can reach 98.9%. When VO2 is in metallic phase, the absorber has a wide absorption bandwidth. At that time, the bandwidth of the absorber can be adjusted by changing the Fermi level of graphene. The absorber also has characteristic of wide-angle absorption for transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) waves. When VO2 is in insulating state, the device switches to a narrowband absorber with a sensitivity of 439 GHz/RIU, which can be used in sensor. The THz absorber has many potential applications in multi-functional devices such as modulation, sensing, and electromagnetic cloaking.

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    Chengcheng Huang, Yonggang Zhang, Lanju Liang, Haiyun Yao, Wenjia Liu, Fu Qiu. Narrow/Broad Band Switchable Terahertz Absorber Based on Graphene and Vanadium Dioxide Composite Structure[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(19): 1916001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Materials

    Received: Feb. 14, 2022

    Accepted: Mar. 30, 2022

    Published Online: Oct. 18, 2022

    The Author Email: Zhang Yonggang (ygzhang2000@163.com), Liang Lanju (lianglanju123@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202242.1916001

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