Large-scale, low-cost, broadband and tunable perfect optical absorber based on phase-change material
Nanli Mou, Xiaolong Liu, Tao Wei, Hongxing Dong, Qiong He, Lei Zhou, Yaqian Zhang, Long Zhang, Shulin Sun
Abstract
(GST), was adopted as the insulating spacer of the MIM structure. With two different resonance mechanisms working together, the proposed device was shown to exhibit high absorptivity (>80%) within a broad wavelength band (480-1020 nm). By thermally tuning the phase state of the GST layer, we can dramatically enlarge the working bandwidth of the metamaterial absorber by shifting one absorption peak by about 470 nm. These findings may stimulate many potential applications in, for example, solar cells, energy harvesting, smart sensing/imaging, and color printing.
Topics & Concepts
BroadbandPhase changeMaterials sciencePhase (matter)Scale (ratio)OptoelectronicsOpticsComputer scienceTelecommunicationsEngineering physicsEngineeringPhysicsQuantum mechanicsMetamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsThermal Radiation and Cooling TechnologiesAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies