Fund Project:Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51965047), the Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China (Grant No. 2018MS06007), the 2018High-level Talent Introduction and Research Startup Project of Inner Mongolia University, China (Grant Nos. 21700-5185128, 21700-5185131), and the Science and Technology Research Project of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China (Grant No. 2020GG0185)
Received Date:10 January 2021
Accepted Date:29 March 2021
Available Online:07 June 2021
Published Online:20 August 2021
Abstract:The terahertz metamaterial absorber sensor is an important functional device of the metamaterials. It can realize not only the perfect absorption in the incident terahertz wave, but also the detect sample by monitoring the deviation of the absorption frequency of the metamaterial absorber sensor. Dual-band metamaterial absorber sensor has double frequency resonance peak. By matching the characteristic frequency between the sensor and the substance to be measured, the information reflecting the difference of the substance to be measured is increased, to improve the accuracy and sensitivity of material detection. Compared with the traditional metamaterial absorber sensor, the dual-band metamaterial absorber sensor can realize very accurate sensing and detection function through multi-point matching of information. In this paper, a double band terahertz band metamaterial absorber sensor is proposed. The absorption rate of the metamaterial absorber sensor reaches over 99% at 0.387 THz and 0.694 THz frequency point, achieving “perfect absorption”. Through the analysis of a series of materials with different refractive indices to be measured, the suitable sensing range of the designed terahertz metamaterial absorber sensor is obtained. By analyzing the different thickness of the substance to be measured and the different medium layer materials, the thickness of the substance to be measured and the medium layer materials which can improve the sensing performance of the sensor are obtained. In this paper, the sensing identification of edible oil is taken for example to verify that the dual-band terahertz metamaterial absorber sensor designed in this paper can realize high sensitivity and rapid detection, and has a broad development prospect in the field of sensing and detection. Keywords:terahertz/ dual-band Frequency/ metamaterial absorber/ sensor
为了研究双频带太赫兹超材料吸波体传感器的谐振机理, 需要分析谐振频率处的表面电场、表面和底面电流以及磁场分布. 如图3(a)所示, 谐振频率${f_1}$处的表面电场主要集中在外部大圆环的左右两端, 说明谐振频率${f_1}$处吸收峰是由于外部大圆环偶极子谐振产生的. 图3(b)为谐振频率${f_2}$处的表面电场分布, 可以看出, 电场主要集中分布于内部小圆环及十字结构的左右两端, 同理可以说明谐振频率${f_2}$处吸收峰是由于内部小圆环及十字结构偶极子谐振引起的. 图 3 (a) 谐振频率${f_1}$处表面电场分布; (b) 谐振频率${f_2}$处表面电场分布 Figure3. (a) Surface electric field distribution at the ${f_1}$ resonance frequency; (b) surface electric field distribution at the ${f_2}$ resonance frequency.
如图4(a)和图4(b)所示, 太赫兹超材料吸波体传感器两个谐振频率处表面电流主要集中在外部大圆环上下两端和内部圆环与十字结构的上下两端. 底面电流如图5(a)和图5(b)所示, 底面与表面电流方向相反, 形成磁偶极子谐振. 图 4 (a) 谐振频率${f_1}$处表面电流分布; (b) 谐振频率${f_2}$处表面电流分布 Figure4. (a) Surface current distribution at the ${f_1}$ resonance frequency; (b) surface current distribution at the ${f_2}$ resonance frequency.
图 5 (a) 谐振频率${f_1}$处底面电流分布; (b) 谐振频率${f_2}$处底面电流分布 Figure5. (a) Undersurface current distribution at the ${f_1}$ resonance frequency; (b) undersurface current distribution at the ${f_2}$ resonance frequency.
图6(a)和图6(b)所示为双频带太赫兹超材料吸波体传感器谐振频率${f_1}$和${f_2}$处的磁场分布, 与电场形成的电偶极子谐振呈现对偶的状态. 图 6 (a) 谐振频率${f_1}$处磁场分布; (b) 谐振频率${f_2}$处磁场分布 Figure6. (a) Magnetic field distribution at the ${f_1}$ resonance frequency; (b) magnetic field distribution at the ${f_2}$ resonance frequency.