Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 2, 0223001(2024)

A Terahertz Filter/Sensor Design Based on Vanadium Dioxide and Dirac Semimetals

Lu Zhang, Zhe Chen*, Chaoyi Sun, Yuyuan Zhao, Huayan Sun, Yongping Xu, and Zeyu Huang
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  • School of Information Science and Engineering, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, Yunnan , China
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    Schematic of metasurface unit structure. (a) 3D model of metasurface unit structure; (b) top view of Dirac semimetallic layer; (c) top view of metasurface unit structure; (d) front view of unit structure
    Dynamic conductivity of Dirac semimetals at different Fermi energy levels. (a) Real part; (b) imaginary part
    Transmission spectra when vanadium dioxide is in the insulating state
    Transmission spectra of C1-MASRR, C2-MASRR, and MASRR when d=15 μm. (a) Transmission spectra at 0-1.3 THz; (b) transmission spectra at 1.3-2 THz
    Electric field distribution at transmission peaks p1 and p2. (a) Electric field diagram of C2-MSRR at p1; (b) electric field diagram of MASRR at p1; (c) electric field diagram of C1-MSRR at p1; (d) electric field diagram of C2-MSRR at p2; (e) electric field diagram of MASRR at p2; (f) electric field diagram of C1-MSRR at p2
    Electric field distribution at transmission peak p3. (a) d=0 μm; (b) d=5 μm; (c) d=10 μm; (d) d=15 μm
    Transmission spectra of asymmetric parameter d increasing from 0 μm to 15 μm
    Plots of Q variation corresponding to each resonance point as d increases from 0 μm to 15 μm. (a) Q variation with d for d1, p1, and p2; (b) Q variation with d for d3, p3, and d4
    Transmission spectra when the Fermi energy level (EF) increases from 90 meV to 170 meV
    Schematic of the sample covering whole resonant structure (200 μm×100 μm). (a) 3D view; (b) front view
    Transmission spectra and resonance frequency shift as a function of refractive index. (a) Transmission spectra of resonance structure when refractive index n of covered sample is increased from 1 to 2; (b) fitting curve of frequency shift at the resonance point of d3 when refractive index n of covered sample increases from 1 to 2
    LC resonance model
    Variation of frequency shift with sample thickness. (a) Transmission spectra at d3 when increasing sample thickness t from 5 μm to 50 μm ; (b) variation of frequency shift of d3 with sample thickness t
    Variation curve of sensitivity at d3 with sample thickness t
    Variation of sensitivity with distance between sample and metasurface
    Transmission and reflection spectra of vanadium dioxide in the metallic state
    Transmission spectra of vanadium dioxide in the insulating and metallic states
    Electric field diagrams at p2 and p3. (a) Electric field at p2 when vanadium dioxide is in the insulating state; (b) electric field at p2 when vanadium dioxide is in the metallic state; (c) electric field at p3 when vanadium dioxide is in the insulating state; (d) electric field at p3 when vanadium dioxide is in the metallic state
    Electric field diagrams. (a) Electric field diagram at d1 when vanadium dioxide is in the insulating state; (b) electric field diagram at d1 when vanadium dioxide is in the metallic state; (c) electric field diagram at the center frequency of the filter when vanadium dioxide is in the insulating state; (d) electric field diagram at the center frequency of the filter when vanadium dioxide is in the metallic state
    Transmission spectra of vanadium dioxide in the metallic state with different asymmetric parameters
    Transmission spectra at different Fermi energy levels
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    Lu Zhang, Zhe Chen, Chaoyi Sun, Yuyuan Zhao, Huayan Sun, Yongping Xu, Zeyu Huang. A Terahertz Filter/Sensor Design Based on Vanadium Dioxide and Dirac Semimetals[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2024, 44(2): 0223001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Devices

    Received: Aug. 17, 2023

    Accepted: Oct. 7, 2023

    Published Online: Jan. 12, 2024

    The Author Email: Chen Zhe (zhechen@ynu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS231431

    CSTR:32393.14.AOS231431

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