Abstract

Achieving the broadband response of metamaterial absorbers has been quite challenging due to the inherent bandwidth limitations. Herein, the investigation was made of a unique kind of visible light metamaterial absorber comprising elliptical rings-shaped fractal metasurface using tungsten metal. It was found that the proposed absorber exhibits average absorption of over 90% in the visible wavelength span of 400–750 nm. The features of perfect absorption could be observed because of the localized surface plasmon resonance that causes impedance matching. Moreover, in the context of optoelectronic applications, the absorber yields absorbance up to ~ 70% even with the incidence obliquity in the range of 0°–60° for transverse electric polarization. The theory of multiple reflections was employed to further verify the performance of the absorber. The obtained theoretical results were found to be in close agreement with the simulation results. In order to optimize the results, the performance was analyzed in terms of the figure of merit and operating bandwidth. Significant amount of absorption in the entire visible span, wide-angle stability, and utilization of low-cost metal make the proposed absorber suitable in varieties of photonics applications, in particular photovoltaics, thermal emitters and sensors.

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Title
Elliptical metallic rings-shaped fractal metamaterial absorber in the visible regime
Author
Bilal R M H 1 ; Saeed, M A 2 ; Choudhury, P K 3 ; Baqir, M A 4 ; Kamal, W 5 ; Ali, M M 6 ; Rahim, A A 1 

 Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Topi, Pakistan (GRID:grid.442860.c) (ISNI:0000 0000 8853 6248) 
 Dongguk University, Division of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Seoul, Republic of Korea (GRID:grid.255168.d) (ISNI:0000 0001 0671 5021) 
 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics, UKM Bangi, Malaysia (GRID:grid.412113.4) (ISNI:0000 0004 1937 1557) 
 COMSATS University Islamabad, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sahiwal, Pakistan (GRID:grid.418920.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 0607 0704) 
 University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Sciences, Oxford, UK (GRID:grid.4991.5) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 8948) 
 University of Limerick, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Limerick, Ireland (GRID:grid.10049.3c) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 9692) 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2435634494
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.