Large-area wide-angle spectrally selective plasmonic absorber

作者:Wu Chihhui*; Neuner Burton III; Shvets Gennady; John Jeremy; Milder Andrew; Zollars Byron; Savoy Steve
来源:Physical Review B, 2011, 84(7): 075102.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.075102

摘要

A simple metamaterial-based wide-angle plasmonic absorber is introduced, fabricated, and experimentally characterized using angle-resolved infrared spectroscopy. The metamaterials are prepared by nano-imprint lithography, an attractive low-cost technology for making large-area samples. The matching of the metamaterial's impedance to that of vacuum is responsible for the observed spectrally selective "perfect" absorption of infrared light. The impedance is theoretically calculated in the single-resonance approximation, and the responsible resonance is identified as a short-range surface plasmon. The spectral position of the absorption peak (which is as high as 95%) is experimentally shown to be controlled by the metamaterial's dimensions. The persistence of "perfect" absorption with variable metamaterial parameters is theoretically explained. The wide-angle nature of the absorber can be utilized for subdiffraction-scale infrared pixels exhibiting spectrally selective absorption/emissivity.

  • 出版日期2011-8-1