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Extremely Low-Loss Broadband Thermal Infrared Absorber Based on Tungsten Metamaterial

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An extremely low-loss polarization-insensitive broadband absorber in the thermal infrared region, based on tungsten metamaterial, is proposed. The absorber exhibits almost perfect absorption of 99%, with a broad absorption bandwidth ranging from 56 THz to 117 THz. The broad absorption is attributed to the large effective impedance adaptation of the tungsten metamaterial over a wide angle range in both the transverse electrical (0° to 75°) and transverse magnetic (0° to 80°) field polarizations. Based on these extraordinary electromagnetic properties, the proposed system can achieve excellent performance, with a figure of merit of 2.15 × 106, higher than previously reported values for similar metamaterial absorbers.

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  1. Laboratoire des semiconducteurs et matériaux fonctionnels, Université Amar Telidji de Laghouat, Bd des Martyrs BP37G, 03000, Laghouat, Algeria

    Fathi Bendelala & Ali Cheknane

  2. SSERL, Department of Chemistry, An-Najah National University, P.O. Box 7, Nablus, West Bank, Palestine

    Hikmat S. Hilal

  3. Physics Department, College of Science, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, 11533, Saudi Arabia

    Souraya Goumri-Said

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Bendelala, F., Cheknane, A., Hilal, H.S. et al. Extremely Low-Loss Broadband Thermal Infrared Absorber Based on Tungsten Metamaterial. J. Electron. Mater. 48, 3304–3310 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-019-07090-0

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