Temperature Controlled Terahertz Absorbers based on Omega Resonators

Authors

  • Jia-Tong Jing Institute of Radio Frequency Technology and Software Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
  • Wei Song Institute of Radio Frequency Technology and Software Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
  • Ting-Ting Ge Institute of Radio Frequency Technology and Software Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
  • Xin-Qing Sheng Institute of Radio Frequency Technology and Software Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
  • Aliaksei Balmakou Departments of Optics Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, Gomel, 246028, Belarus
  • Sergei Khakhomov Departments of Optics Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, Gomel, 246028, Belarus

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2023.ACES.J.380508

Keywords:

multiphysics simulations, thermal controlled terahertz absorbers, thermal expansion

Abstract

In this article, the structural stability of a metasurface absorber that works at 2.8 THz is analyzed. Since the absorber is made of metallic titanium, its elemental inclusions will be heated up and expand when absorbing electromagnetic waves. To evaluate the accumulated heat, the structural thermal expansion and the stability of the wave-absorbing performance, electromagnetism-thermodynamics-structural mechanics multiphysics simulations are conducted. Based on the thermal stability study, thermistors are further introduced into the metasurface, leading to two thermal controlled terahertz absorbers. Numerical experiments show that the absorbers present a peak absorption coefficient of 92.7% at 2.79 THz up to the temperature of 1761.4 K. When the temperature rises, the absorption frequencies of the two absorbers shift to 3.51 THz and 3.94 THz, with the peak absorption coefficients of 92.8% and 93.8%, respectively.

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Author Biographies

Jia-Tong Jing, Institute of Radio Frequency Technology and Software Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China

Jia-Tong Jing received his B.E. and M.S. degrees from the Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, in 2018 and 2021 respectively. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree at the Institute of Radio Frequency Technology and Software from Beijing Institute of Technology. His current research interests include metamaterial and computational electromagnetics.

Wei Song, Institute of Radio Frequency Technology and Software Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China

Wei Song received her B.S. degree from North Eastern University, Shen-yang, China, in 2002, and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Queen Mary University of London, London, UK, in 2003 and 2008, respectively. She is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China. She has authored or co-authored over 20 papers in refereed journals and international conferences, and has co-authored a monograph in computational electromagnetics. Her current research interests include high-performance methods in computational electromagnetics, EM property analysis, and metamaterial-based antenna design.

Ting-Ting Ge, Institute of Radio Frequency Technology and Software Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China

Ting-Ting Ge received her B.E. degree from North China University of Technology, Beijing, China, in 2019, and her M.S. degree from the Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, in 2022. Her current research interests include EM property analysis, and metamaterial-based antenna design.

Xin-Qing Sheng, Institute of Radio Frequency Technology and Software Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China

Xin-Qing Sheng received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China, in 1991, 1994, and 1996, respectively. Sheng is a Chang-Jiang Professor of the School of Information and Electronics at the Beijing Institute of Technology. Sheng has authored and co-authored over 150 papers in refereed journals, and three books: Essentials of Computational Electromagnetics (Singapore: IEEE Press-Wiley, 2012), A Brief Treatise on Computational Electromagnetics (Beijing: Science Press, 2004), and A Treatise on Electromagnetic Waves (Beijing: Science Press, 2007). Sheng authored SINOCOM, a simulation software for scattering by complex targets. His research interests include computational electromagnetics, scattering and antenna analysis, electromagnetic compatibility, and microwave imaging.

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2023-05-31

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J.-T. . Jing, W. . Song, T.-T. . Ge, X.-Q. . Sheng, A. . Balmakou, and S. . Khakhomov, “Temperature Controlled Terahertz Absorbers based on Omega Resonators”, ACES Journal, vol. 38, no. 05, pp. 352–360, May 2023.

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2023: Vol 38 Iss 5

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