High-Q terahertz absorber with stable angular response
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2020
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Ebrahimi, A.
Ako, R.T.
Lee, W.S.L.
Bhaskaran, M.
Sriram, S.
Withayachumnankul, W.
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IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, 2020; 10(2):204-211
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Amir Ebrahimi, Rajour Tanyi Ako, Wendy S. L. Lee, Madhu Bhaskaran, Sharath Sriram, Withawat Withayachumnankul
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This article presents a narrow-band terahertz absorber using miniaturized unit cells. The absorber is made of three metallic layers separated from each other using low-loss cyclic olefin copolymer as dielectric spacers. A high quality factor ( Q ) is obtained using a first-order resonating structure with additional capacitive loading formed by the top two metallic layers. A circuit model is developed for the analysis and design of the proposed absorber. The designed absorber shows 1% fractional bandwidth for more than 90% absorption around a center frequency of 0.5 THz under normal incidence angle. This is equivalent to a quality factor of Q=31 , calculated at 50% absorbance. The structure shows a highly stable absorbance over a wide range of oblique incidence angles. The designed absorber has been fabricated using a microfabrication process. The measured results of the fabricated prototype are in good agreement with the simulations.
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