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Design of Ultra-Broadband Metamaterial Absorber from Visible to Infrared Region

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We have developed an ultra-broadband metamaterial absorber (UBMA) based on impedance matching. The absorber of the UBMA has an absorption of more than 90% in the wavelength range of 300–4000 nm (absorption bandwidth of 3700 nm), which can cover the visible and infrared regions. When the absorption is greater than 95%, the absorption bandwidth of the UBMA can reach 3440 nm. The designed UMBA has polarization-insensitive and wide-angle absorption characteristics, and the average absorption of the transverse magnetic (TM) and transverse electric (TE) modes at 60° oblique incidence are 94.7% and 86.8%, respectively. The physical mechanism suggests that surface plasmon resonance, localized surface plasmon resonance, and cavity resonance interactions jointly dominate the broadband and high absorption characteristics. The ultra-broadband and high absorption absorber we have designed have potential applications in energy harvesting, thermoelectric applications, and detection.

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This research was funded by the University Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (2023AH051543), the Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Simulation and Design for Electronic Information System (Hefei Normal University)(2023ZDSYS09), and the Research Project of Huainan Normal University, China (2023XJYB007, 2023HX143, 2023XS004).

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    Xiu Li

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    Xiao-Man Chen, Shen-Bing Wu & Yang Wang

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All the authors have participated in conceiving the idea, designing and simulating the structure, obtaining the results, and revising process. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Xiu Li, Xiao-Man Chen, Shen-Bing Wu, and Yang Wang. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Xiu Li and Yang Wang, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Li, X., Chen, XM., Wu, SB. et al. Design of Ultra-Broadband Metamaterial Absorber from Visible to Infrared Region. Plasmonics (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-024-02245-0

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