Recent progresses on metamaterials for optical absorption and sensing: A review

Y Yao, Z Liao, Z Liu, X Liu, J Zhou, G Liu… - Journal of Physics D …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Metamaterials (MMs) offer great potential for achieving optical absorption due to their novel
electromagnetic properties. MM absorbers can overcome the thickness limitation and …

Thermal tuning of infrared resonant absorbers based on hybrid gold-VO2 nanostructures

H Kocer, S Butun, B Banar, K Wang, S Tongay… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Resonant absorbers based on plasmonic materials, metamaterials, and thin films enable
spectrally selective absorption filters, where absorption is maximized at the resonance …

Reconfigurable and Polarization‐Dependent Grating Absorber for Large‐Area Emissivity Control Based on the Plasmonic Phase‐Change Material In3SbTe2

L Conrads, N Honné, A Ulm, A Heßler… - Advanced Optical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metasurfaces with perfect infrared absorption promise integrated filters and compact
detector elements with narrowband thermal emission. Phase‐change materials (PCMs) are …

Biosensing with the singular phase of an ultrathin metal-dielectric nanophotonic cavity

KV Sreekanth, S Sreejith, S Han, A Mishra… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The concept of point of darkness has received much attention for biosensing based on
phase-sensitive detection and perfect absorption of light. The maximum phase change is …

Omnidirectional, broadband light absorption using large-area, ultrathin lossy metallic film coatings

Z Li, E Palacios, S Butun, H Kocer, K Aydin - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Resonant absorbers based on nanostructured materials are promising for variety of
applications including optical filters, thermophotovoltaics, thermal emitters and hot-electron …

Ge2Sb2Te5‐Based Tunable Perfect Absorber Cavity with Phase Singularity at Visible Frequencies

KV Sreekanth, S Han, R Singh - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The metal‐dielectric stacks‐based asymmetric Fabry–Perot (F–P) cavity systems have
recently attracted much interest from the scientific community for realizing perfect absorption …

Epsilon-near-zero substrate engineering for ultrathin-film perfect absorbers

J Rensberg, Y Zhou, S Richter, C Wan, S Zhang… - Physical Review …, 2017 - APS
Efficient suppression of reflection is a key requirement for perfect absorption of light.
Recently, it has been shown that reflection can be effectively suppressed utilizing a single …

Intensity tunable infrared broadband absorbers based on VO2 phase transition using planar layered thin films

H Kocer, S Butun, E Palacios, Z Liu, S Tongay, D Fu… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Plasmonic and metamaterial based nano/micro-structured materials enable spectrally
selective resonant absorption, where the resonant bandwidth and absorption intensity can …

Ultra-broadband, lithography-free, and large-scale compatible perfect absorbers: the optimum choice of metal layers in metal-insulator multilayer stacks

S Abedini Dereshgi, A Ghobadi, H Hajian, B Butun… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
We report ultra-broadband perfect absorbers for visible and near-infrared applications that
are based on multilayers of metal-insulator (MI) stacks fabricated employing straightforward …

Lithography‐Free, Omnidirectional, CMOS‐Compatible AlCu Alloys for Thin‐Film Superabsorbers

MRS Dias, C Gong, ZA Benson… - Advanced Optical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Superabsorbers based on metasurfaces have recently enabled the control of light at the
nanoscale in unprecedented ways. Nevertheless, the sub‐wavelength features needed to …