Ultra-narrow band perfect metamaterial absorber based on dielectric-metal periodic configuration

Abstract

The ultra-narrow band perfect metamaterial absorber (PMA) based on dielectric-metal periodic configuration for near infrared spectral region is proposed. The PMA consists of a dielectric resonant structure and a metal substrate. Two design examples show that the proposed PMAs are able to exhibit nonpolarizing absorption peaks at normal and oblique incidences respectively. Moreover, the absorption spectra of the PMA for oblique incidence are insensitive to the incident angle under TE polarized light illumination. But this PMA exhibits a large spectral shift by rotating the angle of incidence under TM polarized light illumination. Then a PMA sample for oblique incidence is fabricated through thin-film deposition and electron beam lithography patterning. Finally, the reflection spectra of the fabricated PMA sample are measured. The absorption spectra obtained by subtracting the measured reflection spectra from incident spectra are consistent with the theory. Thus the novel characteristics of the ultra-narrow band PMA based on dielectric-metal periodic configuration are experimentally demonstrated.