Dynamically Temperature-Voltage Controlled Multifunctional Device Based on VO2 and Graphene Hybrid Metamaterials: Perfect Absorber and Highly Efficient Polarization Converter
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material Model Analysis
3. Design of Structure
3.1. VO2-Based Tunable Metamaterial Absorber
3.2. Graphene-Based Tunable Metamaterial Polarization Converter
4. Experimental Feasibility
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | Absorber | Polarization Converter |
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VO2 thickness (µm) | 0.2 | |
VO2 radius (µm) | 0.4 | |
Size of hole in graphene (µm) | 1.0 × 1.2 | |
Refractive index of dielectric | 1.5 | |
The thickness of the dielectric (µm) | 2.9 | |
Graphene Fermi level (µ = 1 m2/Vs) | EF = 0.1 – 0.95 eV | EF = 0.95 eV |
Permittivity of VO2 | Drude model | ε = 9, σ = 200 S/m |
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Mao, M.; Liang, Y.; Liang, R.; Zhao, L.; Xu, N.; Guo, J.; Wang, F.; Meng, H.; Liu, H.; Wei, Z. Dynamically Temperature-Voltage Controlled Multifunctional Device Based on VO2 and Graphene Hybrid Metamaterials: Perfect Absorber and Highly Efficient Polarization Converter. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 1101. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081101
Mao M, Liang Y, Liang R, Zhao L, Xu N, Guo J, Wang F, Meng H, Liu H, Wei Z. Dynamically Temperature-Voltage Controlled Multifunctional Device Based on VO2 and Graphene Hybrid Metamaterials: Perfect Absorber and Highly Efficient Polarization Converter. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(8):1101. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081101
Chicago/Turabian StyleMao, Min, Yaoyao Liang, Ruisheng Liang, Lin Zhao, Ning Xu, Jianping Guo, Faqiang Wang, Hongyun Meng, Hongzhan Liu, and Zhongchao Wei. 2019. "Dynamically Temperature-Voltage Controlled Multifunctional Device Based on VO2 and Graphene Hybrid Metamaterials: Perfect Absorber and Highly Efficient Polarization Converter" Nanomaterials 9, no. 8: 1101. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081101