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Ultra-narrow-band Infrared Absorbers Based on Surface Plasmon Resonance

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Due to the advantage of improving the sensing performance, narrow-band metamaterial perfect absorbers (MPAs) have attracted much attention in the sensor field. Here, we propose an ultra-narrow-band infrared absorber (UNBIRA) based on localized surface plasmon resonance. The peak absorption of the UNBIRA exceeds 99% with the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 1.94 nm and 6.32 nm for transverse electric (TE) wave and transverse magnetic (TM) wave in 1.5–1.8 μm. The corresponding Q-factors for TE wave and TM wave are 817 and 266, respectively. When used as an infrared refractive index sensor, the sensitivity of UNBIRA is as high as 1632.5 nm/RIU for TE wave and 1647.5 nm/RIU for TM wave. Accordingly, the figure of merits (FOMs) of 816.2/RIU for TE wave and 260.7/RIU for TM wave are achieved. This UNBIRA possesses a simple geometry structure and an excellent sensing performance, implying a great potential for application of ultra-narrow infrared sensing or detecting.

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Abbreviations

MPA:

Metamaterial perfect absorber

UNBIRA:

Ultra-narrow-band infrared absorber

FWHM:

Full width at half maximum

FOM:

The figure of merit

Q-factor:

Quality factor

MDM:

Metal-dielectric-metal

TE:

Transverse electric

TM:

Transverse magnetic

PML:

Perfectly matched layer

RIAE:

Refractive index of the ambient environment

RIU:

Refractive index change unit

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 61901268 and 61975209, the Sichuan Science and Technology Program under Grant 2020JDJQ0006, and Postdoctoral Foundation of China under Grant 2019M663464.

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    Liming Yuan, Jianming Liao, Cheng Huang, Chen Ji & Xiangang Luo

  2. Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China

    Aobo Ren & Jiang Wu

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Yuan, L., Liao, J., Ren, A. et al. Ultra-narrow-band Infrared Absorbers Based on Surface Plasmon Resonance. Plasmonics 16, 1165–1174 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-021-01384-y

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