Chinese Optics, Volume. 16, Issue 3, 514(2023)
A vanadium dioxide-assisted switchable multifunctional metamaterial structure
In this paper, a multifunctional metamaterial device based on the phase transition properties of vanadium dioxide (VO2) is proposed. The metamaterial structure consists of a top layer combined with VO2-filled Split Ring Resonator (SRR) and a metal cross, a polyimide (PI) dielectric layer, and a metal substrate. When the VO2 is in the insulating state, the cross-polarization conversion function can be realized, and its Polarization Conversion Rate (PCR) is greater than 90% in the range of 0.48-0.87 THz. When the VO2 is in the metallic state, the device can realize dual-frequency absorption and be applied in high-sensitivity sensing functions. The absorption rates are higher than 88% at the frequencies of 1.64 THz and 2.15 THz. By changing the refractive index of the sample material, the sensing sensitivities at the two related frequencies are about 25.6 GHz/RIU and 159 GHz/RIU, and the Q-factors are 71.34 and 23.12, respectively. The proposed metamaterial multifunctional device exhibits the advantages of a simple structure, a switchable function, and high-efficiency polarization conversion, and provides potential application value in future terahertz communication, imaging and other fields.
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De-xian YAN, Xin-yi CHEN, Qin-yin FENG, Zi-jun LU, He ZHANG, Xiang-jun LI, Ji-ning LI. A vanadium dioxide-assisted switchable multifunctional metamaterial structure[J]. Chinese Optics, 2023, 16(3): 514
Category: Original Article
Received: Sep. 19, 2022
Accepted: Nov. 25, 2022
Published Online: May. 31, 2023
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