Graphene-based metamaterial: Achieving perfect absorption across multiple spectral bands with high sensitivity

Abstract

In this paper, propose a highly sensitive absorber that utilizes graphene-based patterns to achieve perfect absorption on three different spectral bands. This absorber is designed as a traditional metamaterial structure, optimized to achieve perfect absorption. With the participation of surface plasmon resonance, the absorber achieved absorption rates of 99.14 %, 98.21 %, and 99.32 % at resonance wavelengths of 2933.53 nm, 2956.05 nm, and 3360.45 nm, respectively. Considering factors such as impedance matching and electric field, provide a comprehensive physical explanation for the generation of these absorption peaks. In addition, demonstrated how can modify the wavelength of the absorption peak by adjusting the Fermi energy, and fine tune the absorption rate of a fixed wavelength by manipulating the relaxation time, thereby demonstrating the versatility of our design. In addition, this research explored the complex relationship between the Fermi level and the resonant wavelength and studied the influence of the refractive index of the dielectric layer on the resonant wavelength. It is worth noting that this relationship can be expressed as a strict linear function. As the external refractive index changes, calculated the sensitivity of the absorber, with a peak sensitivity of 768.75 nm/RIU (refractive index unit). This high sensitivity corresponds to a quality factor of 93.31 for the absorption peak. At the same time, our absorber also has good insensitivity to incident angles. In summary, due to its outstanding performance characteristics, this research proposed absorber has broad application prospects in fields such as optoelectronic detection and high sensitivity sensors.