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In recent years, due to their features nonexistent in natural matirials, the perfect absorbers based on metasurfaces have become a hot research point. Although great progress has been made, the absorbers with spin-selection are rarely reported. However, the absorbers with spin-selection have more widespread applications in chiral sensors and satellite communication. Therefore, a spin-selection absorber based on the metasurface with modified square split-ring structure is proposed. Firstly, the theoretical conditions for generating the spin-selection absorption are analyzed theoretically, and then the qualified metasurface unit cell is designed under the guidance of the theory. We design an asymmetric modified square split-ring resonator to break both the n-fold (n>2) rotational symmetry and mirror symmetry. The unit cell is composed of three layers, i.e. the top layer, which is a modified square split-ring, the middle layer, which is an FR4 dielectric plate with a thickness of 4 mm, and the bottom layer, which is an all-metal plate acting as the reflecting incident wave. In order to obtain the optimal performance, the designed meta-atom is optimized by CST Microwave Studio, a well-known commercial full wave simulation software.The numerical simulation results show that the unit cell can selectively absorb the right-handed circularly polarized waves and reflect left-handed circularly polarized waves at 7.2 GHz. A maximum absorption rate for the absorption of right-handed circularly polarized (RCP) waves reaches a value higher than 90%, while the absorption rate of the other spin state is kept lower than 19%. In addition, to meet the need of practical applications, the absorption performance is also further investigated under different oblique incident angles, with the wave vectors confined in the x-z plane and y-z plane, respectively. Finally, to further understand the mechanism of spin-selection absorber, the surface current distributions are also simulated for LCP and RCP wave, respectively. The different surface current distributions are obtained for incident LCP and RCP wave, which is a solid evidence for spin-selection absorption. This paper offers a reference for the generation of spin-selection absorber. The proposed method not only is suitable for microwave region, but also can be extended to higher frequencies, and hopefully it can be widely used in the field of communication.
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Keywords:
- metasurface /
- absorber /
- spin-selection
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图 1 单元结构示意图 (a), (c) 顶视图; (b), (d) 侧视图
Figure 1. Schematic of the unit cell: (a), (c) Top view; (b), (d) side view.
图 2 仿真边界条件设置和反射系数仿真结果 (a), (c) 边界条件设置; (b), (d) 反射系数仿真结果
Figure 2. Setting of the simulation boundaries and the simulated results of reflection coefficient: (a), (c) Setting of the simulation boundaries; (b), (d) the simulated results of reflection coefficient.
图 3 LCP和RCP波的吸收率谱线
Figure 3. The absorption spectra of LCP and RCP wave.
图 4 两种不同情况下不同入射角度的LCP和RCP波的吸收率谱线 (a), (c) RCP波吸收谱线; (b), (d) LCP波吸收谱线
Figure 4. The absorption spectra of LCP and RCP wave under different incident angles with the wave vectors confined in the x-z plane and y-z plane, respectively: (a), (c) The absorption spectra of LCP wave; (b), (d) the absorption spectra of RCP wave.
图 5 在谐振频率7.2 GHz处的表面电流和能量损耗密度分布 (a)右旋波圆极化波入射下电流分布; (b)左旋圆极化波入射下电流分布; (c)右旋圆极化波入射下能量损耗; (d)左旋圆极化波入射下能量损耗
Figure 5. Surface current distributions on the unit cell at 7.2 GHz: (a) Surface current under the incidence of RCP wave; (b) surface current under the incidence of LCP wave; (c) energy loss under the incidence of RCP wave; (d) energy under the incidence of LCP of wave.
图 6 (a)超表面样品; (b)测试环境设置
Figure 6. (a) Fabricated prototype of the proposed metasurface; (b) experimental setup.
图 7 两种不同情况下对于不同入射角度的LCP和RCP波的仿真和测试的吸收率谱线 (a), (c) RCP波吸收谱线; (b), (d) LCP波吸收谱线
Figure 7. The simulated and measured absorption spectra of LCP and RCP wave under different incident angles with the wave vectors confined in the x-z plane and y-z plane, respectively: (a), (c) The absorption spectra of LCP wave; (b), (d) the absorption spectra of RCP wave.
图 8 在THz频段反射系数和吸收率谱线仿真结果 (a)反射系数; (b)吸收率谱线
Figure 8. The simulated results of reflection coefficient and absorption spectra at frequency band of THz: (a) The reflection coefficient; (b) the absorption spectra.
表 1 不同方法的对比
Table 1. The comparison of different approaches.
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[1] Kazemzadeh A, Karlsson A 2010 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 58 3637
Google Scholar
[2] Gau J R J, Burnside W D, Gilreath M 1997 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 45 1286
Google Scholar
[3] Michielssen E, Sajer J M, Ranjithan S, Mittra R 1993 IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. 41 1024
Google Scholar
[4] 孙彦彦, 韩璐, 史晓玉, 王兆娜, 刘大禾 2013 62 104201
Google Scholar
Sun Y Y, Han L, Shi X Y, Wang Z N, Liu D H 2013 Acta Phys. Sin. 62 104201
Google Scholar
[5] 郭文龙, 王光明, 李海鹏, 侯海生 2016 65 074101
Google Scholar
Guo W L, Wang G M, Li H P, Hou H S 2016 Acta Phys. Sin. 65 074101
Google Scholar
[6] 李晓楠, 周璐, 赵国忠 2019 68 238101
Google Scholar
Li X N, Zhou L, Zhao G Z 2019 Acta Phys. Sin. 68 238101
Google Scholar
[7] 周璐, 赵国忠, 李晓楠 2019 68 108701
Google Scholar
Zhou L, Zhao G Z, Li X N 2019 Acta Phys. Sin. 68 108701
Google Scholar
[8] Jing L Q, Wang Z J, Zheng B, et al. 2018 NPG Asia Materials 10 888
Google Scholar
[9] 丰茂昌, 李勇峰, 张介秋, 王甲富, 王超, 马华, 屈绍波 2018 67 198101
Google Scholar
Feng M C, Li Y F, Zhang J Q, Wang J F, Wang C, Ma H, Qu S B 2018 Acta Phys. Sin. 67 198101
Google Scholar
[10] 李勇峰, 张介秋, 屈绍波, 王甲富, 吴翔, 徐卓, 张安学 2015 64 124102
Google Scholar
Li Y F, Zhang J Q, Qu S B, Wang J F, Wu X, Xu Z, Zhang A X 2015 Acta Phys. Sin. 64 124102
Google Scholar
[11] Landy N I, Sajuyigbe S, Mock J J, Smith D R, Padilla W J 2008 Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 207402
Google Scholar
[12] Wang Z J, Jia H, Yao K, Cai W S, Chen H S, Liu Y M 2016 ACS Photonics 3 2096
Google Scholar
[13] Jing L Q, Wang Z J, Yang Y H, et al. 2018 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 66 7148
Google Scholar
[14] Wang C Y, Liang J G, Xiao Y, Cai T, Hou H S, Li H P 2019 Opt. Express 27 14942
Google Scholar
[15] Wang L L, Huang X J, Li M H, Dong J F 2019 Opt. Express 27 25983
Google Scholar
[16] Luo M, Shen S, Zhou L, Wu S, Zhou Y, Chen L 2017 Opt. Express 25 16715
Google Scholar
[17] Zhang C, Cheng Q, Yang J, Zhao J, Cui T J 2017 Appl. Phys. Lett. 110 143511
Google Scholar
[18] Zhou Y L, Cao X Y, Gao J, Yang H H, Zheng Y J, Li S J 2019 Mater. Res. Express 6 015802
[19] Li M H, Guo L Y, Dong J F, Yang H L 2014 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 47 185102
Google Scholar
[20] Cheng Y Z, Chen H R, Zhao J C, Mao X S, Cheng Z Z 2018 Opt. Mater. Express 8 1399
Google Scholar
[21] Shang S, Yang S Z, Liu J, Shan M, Cao H L 2016 J. Appl. Phys. 120 045106
Google Scholar
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