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Wavelength-Selective Mid-Infrared Metamaterial Absorbers With Multiple Tungsten Cross Resonators, Zhigang Li, Liliana Stan, David A. Czaplewski, Xiaodong Yang, Jie Gao
Wavelength-Selective Mid-Infrared Metamaterial Absorbers With Multiple Tungsten Cross Resonators, Zhigang Li, Liliana Stan, David A. Czaplewski, Xiaodong Yang, Jie Gao
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works
Wavelength-selective metamaterial absorbers in the mid-infrared range are demonstrated by using multiple tungsten cross resonators. By adjusting the geometrical parameters of cross resonators in single-sized unit cells, near-perfect absorption with single absorption peak tunable from 3.5 µm to 5.5 µm is realized. The combination of two, three, or four cross resonators of different sizes in one unit cell enables broadband near-perfect absorption at mid-infrared range. The obtained absorption spectra exhibit omnidirectionality and weak dependence on incident polarization. The underlying mechanism of near-perfect absorption with cross resonators is further explained by the optical mode analysis, dispersion relation and equivalent RLC circuit …