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We report a THz reflectarray metasurface which uses graphene as active element to achieve beam steering, shaping and broadband phase modulation. This is based on the creation of a voltage controlled reconfigurable phase hologram, which can…

Terahertz (THz) waves have been significantly developed in the last fifteen years because of their great potential for applications in industrial and scientific communities1,2. The unique properties of THz waves as transparency for numerous…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-27 F. Blanchard , A. Doi , T. Tanaka , H. Hirori , H. Tanaka , Y. Kadoya , K. Tanaka

The nonlinear metamaterials have been shown to provide nonlinear properties with high nonlinear conversion efficiency and in a myriad of light manipulation. Here we study terahertz generation from nonlinear metasurface consisting of single…

High absorption in a wide frequency band has attracted considerable interest since their potential applications in frequency spectrum imaging systems and anti-radar cloaking. In this paper, a polarization-independent, ultra-broadband and…

Optics · Physics 2014-09-23 Cheng Shi , XiaoFei Zang , XueBin Ji , Lin Chen , Bin Cai , YiMing Zhu

In this paper, we have proposed ultra-broadband terahertz absorber with three layers of periodic graphene disks arrays (PGDAs). A gold layer was utilized as backside reflector and TOPAS as dielectric spacers. Circuit model of PGDAs and the…

Terahertz (THz) wave shows great potential in non-destructive testing, bio detection and cancer imaging. Recent progresses on THz wave near-field probes/apertures enable mechanically raster scanning of an object's surface in the near-field…

Recently, computational sampling methods have been implemented to spatially characterize terahertz (THz) fields. Previous methods usually rely on either specialized THz devices such as THz spatial light modulators, or complicated systems…

Optics · Physics 2019-06-19 Jiapeng Zhao , Yiwen E , Kaia Williams , Xi-cheng Zhang , Robert Boyd

We have fabricated resonant terahertz metamaterials on free standing polyimide substrates. The low-loss polyimide substrates can be as thin as 5.5 micron yielding robust large-area metamaterials which are easily wrapped into cylinders with…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 H. Tao , A. C. Strikwerda , K. Fan , C. M. Bingham , W. J. Padilla , X. Zhang , R. D. Averitt

Metasurfaces are artificial thin materials that achieve optical thickness through thin geometrical structure. This feature of metasurfaces results in unprecedented benefits for enhancing the performance of optoelectronic devices. In this…

Optics · Physics 2023-08-14 Ryosuke Nakayama , Sohei Saito , Takuo Tanaka , Wakana Kubo

The ability to efficiently absorb thermal radiation within a small material volume is crucial for the realization of compact and high spatial resolution thermal imagers. Here we propose and experimentally demonstrate a compact plasmonic…

Thin films of functional inorganic materials, particularly oxides, play a vital role in optoelectronics, enabling applications that range from active optical components to MEMS-based architectures. Achieving high aspect ratio patterning of…

We investigate how feature selection algorithms can enable accurate, reference-free classification of materials using sparse-frequency terahertz (THz) reflection spectroscopy. Three classes of feature selection strategies are evaluated.…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 Mathias Hedegaard Kristensen , Paweł Piotr Cielecki , Esben Skovsen

Terahertz (THz) radiation meaning electromagnetic radiation in the range from 0.1 THz (3 mm) to 10 THz (30 mu) has the unique advantage of easily penetrating many obstructions while being non-hazardous to organic tissue since it is…

Optics · Physics 2017-10-24 Sven Augustin , Sven Frohmann , Peter Jung , Heinz-Wilhelm Huebers

Terahertz (THz) nonreciprocal devices are essential for advancing future fundamental science, wireless communications, imaging, and sensing. Current THz nonreciprocal devices mostly rely on magnetic materials, which, however, suffer from…

Optics · Physics 2025-08-08 Mingyu Tong , Yuze Hu , Siyang Hu , Hongsheng Chen , Tian Jiang , Yihao Yang

We propose using THz frequency selective surfaces interrogated with THz subwavelength optical fibers as sensors for monitoring of the optical properties of thick films that are brought in contact with such surfaces. Changes in the test film…

Optics · Physics 2013-11-26 Martin Girard , Maksim Skorobogatiy

It is well established that nearly all high-quality (Q) Fano-like resonances in terahertz (THz) metasurfaces broaden as asymmetry increases, resulting in a decline of Q-factor and an increase in the resonance intensity. Therefore, in order…

We examine layered metamaterial structures consisting of alternating films of epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) and dielectric material, and show that for such a stack it is possible to enhance the refractive, reflective or absorptive properties of…

Superconducting terahertz (THz) metamaterial (MM) made from superconducting Nb film has been investigated using a continuous-wave THz spectroscopy with a superconducting split-coil magnet. The obtained quality factors of the resonant modes…

Recently, we introduced a Portable HAndheld Spectral Reflection (PHASR) Scanner to allow THz Time-Domain Spectroscopic (THz-TDS) imaging in clinical and industrial settings using a fiber-coupled and alignment-free telecentric beam steering…

Optics · Physics 2022-07-21 Zachery B. Harris , M. Hassan Arbab

We present a new class of artificial materials which exhibit a tailored response to the electrical component of electromagnetic radiation. These electric metamaterials (EM-MMs) are investigated theoretically, computationally, and…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 W. J. Padilla , M. T. Aronsson , C. Highstrete , Mark Lee , A. J. Taylor , R. D. Averitt