A Tunable Terahertz Metamaterial Absorber Composed of Hourglass-Shaped Graphene Arrays
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Geometric Structures and Methods
3. Simulation Results and Discussions
3.1. The Influence of Different Chemical Potentials on Absorption
3.2. The Influence of Different Semiminor Axes on Absorption
3.3. The Influence of Different Semimajor Axes of the Ellipse on Absorption
3.4. The Influence of Different Periods on Absorption
3.5. The Influence of Different Incident Angles on Absorption
4. Bilayer Graphene Arrays
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Qi, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Liu, C.; Zhang, T.; Zhang, B.; Wang, L.; Deng, X.; Wang, X.; Yu, Y. A Tunable Terahertz Metamaterial Absorber Composed of Hourglass-Shaped Graphene Arrays. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 533. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10030533
Qi Y, Zhang Y, Liu C, Zhang T, Zhang B, Wang L, Deng X, Wang X, Yu Y. A Tunable Terahertz Metamaterial Absorber Composed of Hourglass-Shaped Graphene Arrays. Nanomaterials. 2020; 10(3):533. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10030533
Chicago/Turabian StyleQi, Yunping, Yu Zhang, Chuqin Liu, Ting Zhang, Baohe Zhang, Liyuan Wang, Xiangyu Deng, Xiangxian Wang, and Yang Yu. 2020. "A Tunable Terahertz Metamaterial Absorber Composed of Hourglass-Shaped Graphene Arrays" Nanomaterials 10, no. 3: 533. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10030533