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Photo-Excited Switchable Terahertz Metamaterial Polarization Converter/Absorber
Content Provider | MDPI |
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Author | Yu, Dingwang Dong, Yanfei Ruan, Youde Li, Guochao Li, Gaosheng Ma, Haomin Deng, Song Liu, Zhenpeng |
Copyright Year | 2021 |
Description | In this paper, a photo-excited switchable terahertz metamaterial (MM) polarization converter/absorber has been presented. The switchable structure comprises an orthogonal double split-ring resonator (ODSRR) and a metallic ground, separated by a dielectric spacer. The gaps of ODSRR are filled with semiconductor photoconductive silicon (Si), whose conductivity can be dynamically tuned by the incident pump beam with different power. From the simulated results, it can be observed that the proposed structure implements a wide polarization-conversion band in 2.01–2.56 THz with the conversion ratio of more than 90% and no pump beam power incident illuminating the structure, whereas two absorption peaks operate at 1.98 THz and 3.24 THz with the absorption rates of 70.5% and 94.2%, respectively, in the case of the maximum pump power. Equivalent circuit models are constructed for absorption states to provide physical insight into their operation. Meanwhile, the surface current distributions are also illustrated to explain the working principle. The simulated results show that this design has the advantage of the switchable performance afforded by semiconductor photoconductive Si, creating a path towards THz imaging, active switcher, etc. |
Starting Page | 1116 |
e-ISSN | 20734352 |
DOI | 10.3390/cryst11091116 |
Journal | Crystals |
Issue Number | 9 |
Volume Number | 11 |
Language | English |
Publisher | MDPI |
Publisher Date | 2021-09-14 |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Keyword | Crystals Industrial Engineering Metamaterial Polarization Converter/absorber Switcher Photoconductive Silicon Thz Wave Orthogonal Double Split-ring Resonator |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Article |