Reconfigurable switching between reflecting/absorbing modes in VO₂ assisted graphene-coated hemispherical dielectric...

In this paper, a graphene-coated dielectric hole array is used to design a reconfigurable switchable optical reflector/absorber device. The design benefits from the collective excitation of localized surface plasmon resonances of graphene-coated hole array, providing simpler fabrication fellow and more compact structure with respect to graphene-coated spherical nanoparticle array with similar plasmonic behavior. Geometrical parametric study of the reflecting mode shows that the device has lots of degrees of freedom for spectrum tuning and can highly tolerate fabrication imperfections. Moreover, the reflection rate is slightly affected by the dielectric substrate height, which can be tuned to achieve strong absorption by backing it with a metallic mirror. The designed absorber efficiently captures a wide range of obliquely incident transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) waves. Also, the operating frequency of both reflecting and absorbing modes can be tuned after fabrication, thanks to the two-dimensional nature of graphene material. Finally, using vanadium dioxide (VO₂) phase change material, the switchable reflector\absorber mode of the device is also exhibited.