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Absorption of terahertz waves by a metasurface comprising a biperiodic array of pixellated meta-atoms on top of a dielectric substrate backed by a perfect electric conductor was simulated using a commercial software, with either all or a…

Optics · Physics 2019-11-12 Pankaj Kumar , Akhlesh Lakhtakia , Pradip K. Jain

Experimental realization of efficient graphene-based absorbers is a challenging task due to the low carrier mobility in processed graphene. In this paper, we circumvent this problem by placing uniform graphene sheets on metallic…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-03-24 Xuchen Wang , Sergei A. Tretyakov

A broadband sound absorption attained by a deep-subwavelength structure is of great interest to the noise control community especially for extremely low frequencies (20-100 Hz) in room acoustics. Coupling multiple different resonant unit…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-01-12 Jun Ji , Dongting Li , Yong Li , Yun Jing

Increasing attention on microwave ultra-broadband metamaterial absorbers has been paid due to their promising applications. While most microwave ultra-broadband metamaterial absorbers developed so far are based on metallic resonant…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-12-28 Jingda Wen , Qiang Ren , Ruiguang Peng , Haoyang Yao , Yuchang Qing , Jianbo Yin , Qian Zhao

In this paper, we report on the design, fabrication, and experimental characterization of a 3D single-port labyrinthine acoustic metamaterial. By using curled perforations with one end closed and with appropriate loss inside, the proposed…

Classical Physics · Physics 2017-01-04 Chi Zhang , Xinhua Hu

Absorption of electromagnetic energy by a material is a phenomenon that underlies many applied problems, including molecular sensing, photocurrent generation and photodetection. Commonly, the incident energy is delivered to the system…

Optics · Physics 2018-06-11 Denis G. Baranov , Alex Krasnok , Timur Shegai , Andrea Alù , Y. D. Chong

We present a theory which explains how to achieve an enhancement of nonlinear effects in a thin layer of nonlinear medium by involving a planar periodic structure specially designed to bear a trapped-mode resonant regime. In particular, the…

Optics · Physics 2015-12-18 V. Khardikov , P. Mladyonov , S. Prosvirnin , V. Tuz

On the quest towards full control over wave propagation, the development of compact devices that allow asymmetric response is a challenge. In this Letter, we introduce a new paradigm for the engineering of asymmetry in planar structures,…

Polarization- and wavelength-sensitive absorbers for homogeneous electromagnetic waves are crucial in photovoltaics, imaging and telecommunications. Here, we report on an absorber selective to the topological structure of light. An…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-16 Luka Vignjevic , Eric Plum , Nikitas Papasimakis , Nikolay I Zheludev

Single Layer Capacitor-Based Antenna Technology introduces a novel approach to address limitations of traditional antenna designs. It leverages the simplicity and efficiency of single-layer capacitors to achieve: Compactness: Enables…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Alex Nguyo Gachahi

Decorated membrane, comprising a thin layer of elastic film with small rigid platelets fixed on top, has been found to be an efficient absorber of low frequency sound. In this work we consider the problem of sound absorption from a…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-09-15 Min Yang , Yong Li , Chong Meng , Caixing Fu , Jun Mei , Zhiyu Yang , Ping Sheng

In this work we propose a microwave photon detector which successfully reaches 100% efficiency with only one absorber. Our design consists of a metastable quantum circuit coupled to a semi-infinite transmission line which performs highly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-03-22 B. Peropadre , G. Romero , G. Johansson , C. M. Wilson , E. Solano , J. J. García-Ripoll

We study a highly controllable perfect plasmonic absorber -- a thin metamaterial layer which possess balanced electric and magnetic responses in some frequency range. We show that this regime is compatible with both metal-backed variant of…

Optics · Physics 2016-01-25 Mikhail Omelyanovich , Younes Ra'di , Constantin Simovski

Frequency Band of 0.5 THz to 1.1 THz (WR1.5 and WR1) is one of the promising bands when it comes to 6G. In this paper, we propose a novel metamaterial absorber suitable to be used at lower WR1 frequencies in TE mode. Alternatively, the…

Absorption of electromagnetic energy by a dissipative material is one of the most fundamental electromagnetic processes that underlies a plethora of applied problems, including sensing and molecular detection, radar detection, wireless…

Optics · Physics 2020-03-31 Alexey Proskurin , Andrey Bogdanov , Denis G. Baranov

The realization of a semiconductor near-unity absorber in the infrared will provide new capabilities to transform applications in sensing, health, imaging, and quantum information science, especially where portability is required.…

A single-walled carbon nanotube presents a seamless cylindrical graphene surface and is thus an ideal adsorption substrate for investigating the physics of atoms and molecules in two dimensions and approaching the one-dimensional limit.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Boris Dzyubenko , Hao-Chun Lee , Oscar E. Vilches , David H. Cobden

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…

In this paper, we present a general theory of aperiodic subwavelength arrays for controlling electromagnetic waves. The considered platform is formed by an array of electrically small loaded scatterers above a ground plane. While the array…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-03-19 Yongming Li , Xikui Ma , Xuchen Wang , Sergei A. Tretyakov

We consider single-layer arrays of electrically small lossy bi-anisotropic particles that completely absorb electromagnetic waves at normal incidence. Required conditions for electromagnetic properties of bi-anisotropic particles have been…

Classical Physics · Physics 2014-06-16 Younes Ra'di , Victor S. Asadchy , Sergei A. Tretyakov