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    • Materials Science
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    • Metal-insulator-metal metamaterials offer tunable light absorbance for applications like photodetection and energy harvesting.
    • Traditional characterization relies on specular reflection, often neglecting diffuse scattering from subwavelength structures.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the role and impact of diffuse reflection in metallic metasurfaces in the mid-infrared region.
    • To understand how diffuse scattering affects the resonant absorption efficiency and frequency of metamaterials.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized integrating sphere-based spectral measurements to quantify diffuse reflection.
    • Analyzed metasurfaces composed of periodic metallic disks in the mid-infrared spectrum.

    Main Results:

    • Diffuse reflection is predominantly caused by grating diffractions, particularly at wavelengths shorter than the first-order Rayleigh anomaly.
    • Metasurface resonance significantly enhances diffuse reflection, showing an increase towards shorter wavelengths.
    • This diffuse scattering leads to discrepancies in evaluating resonant absorption efficiency and a slight blue-shift in resonance frequency.

    Conclusions:

    • Diffuse scattering is a critical factor in metamaterial characterization, influencing resonant absorption and frequency.
    • Accurate design and analysis of metamaterials require explicit consideration of diffuse reflection effects.