Tunable narrow band perfect metamaterial absorber based on guided-mode resonance

Abstract

The tunable narrow band perfect metamaterial absorber (PMA) based on guided-mode resonance (GMR) for the visible spectral region is proposed. The PMA is composed of a one-dimensional grating layer, two waveguide layers and an Ag substrate. Tunable narrow band PMAs are designed using rigorous coupled-wave analysis by comparing the GMR effects for the filters and absorbers. Afterwards, two tunable PMA samples are fabricated through thin-film deposition and ultraviolet lithographic patterning. Finally, the reflection spectra of the fabricated PMA samples are measured. The absorption spectra obtained by subtracting the measured reflection spectra from 1 are consistent with the theory.