Abstract
We propose a design of a novel optical metamaterial absorber that is
broadband and independent to polarization. The absorber consists of opposite-handedness
metallic triple-helix array. Simulated by the finite-difference time-domain
(FDTD) method, an average absorbance of 89.10% is observed in the region of
0.33–1.22
$\mu$
m as well as an absorption peak of 97.57% at 0.43
$\mu$
m. Compared with many existing planar
metamaterial absorbers, this helical metamaterial absorber shows advantages
of broadband and polarization independence. In addition, we systematically
study the dependence of the absorptive property on its geometric parameters
and materials. It is expected that the superior absorptive properties of this
helical MM absorber can also be realized in other region of spectrum by appropriately
scaling the sub-wavelength structures.
© 2013 IEEE
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