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Simulation, Fabrication and Characterization of THz Metamaterial Absorbers
Published on: December 27, 2012
Boosting the terahertz absorption spectroscopy based on the stretchable metasurface
Dexian Yan1,2,3, Qinyin Feng1,2, Ji Yang1,2
1Centre for THz Research, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, China. xiangjun_li@cjlu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Terahertz (THz) absorption spectroscopy is widely used for molecular label-free fingerprinting detection, but it is not capable of efficiently analyzing trace-amount sample materials. For improving the efficiency of terahertz absorptance spectroscopy detection, we propose a sensing strategy by treating the geometry sweeping spoof surface plasmon polariton (SSP) of the stretchable metasurface. For the first time, the geometry sweeping can be realized by dynamically stretching the polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) flexible substrate, leading to the resonant frequency variation of the unit cell. This design provides a significant absorption enhancement factor about 270 times for a 0.1 μm lactose film in a broad terahertz band, enabling the unambiguous identification of different trace-amount samples. The designed method exhibits a novel solution for the enhancement of broad-band terahertz absorption spectroscopy and great application potential in the field of detecting trace-amount samples.
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