Wideband Perfect Absorption Polarization Insensitive Reconfigurable Graphene Metasurface for THz Wireless Environment

Sasmita Dash, Christos Liaskos, Ian F. Akyildiz, Andreas Pitsillides

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Abstract

In this work, we investigated a simple structured graphene terahertz (THz) metasurface (MSF) with perfect absorption, wideband, polarization insensitive, oblique incidence insensitive and frequency reconfiguration. The graphene MSF structure is composed of a two-dimensional periodic array of graphene meta-atoms deposited on the silicon substrate terminated by a metal ground plane. The performance of the proposed MSF is numerically analyzed. An equivalent circuit model of the structure and its closed-form solution is introduced. The graphene MSF thin structure at 2.5 THz provides 100% of absorption with wide bandwidth, zero reflection and zero transmission at normal incidence in both transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) polarization. Under oblique incidence, the absorption is maintained at higher than 95%. Moreover, the graphene MSF structure has the advantage of frequency reconfiguration. The excellent absorption performance is maintained at all reconfigurable frequencies upon reconfiguration. The results reveal the effectiveness of the THz MSF with graphene meta-atoms, which can be promising for THz wireless environment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2019 IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques in Wireless Communications, MTTW 2019
EditorsArturs Aboltins, Anna Litvinenko
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages93-96
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781728144733
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event2019 IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques in Wireless Communications, MTTW 2019 - Riga, Latvia
Duration: 1 Oct 20192 Oct 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2019 IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques in Wireless Communications, MTTW 2019

Conference

Conference2019 IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques in Wireless Communications, MTTW 2019
Country/TerritoryLatvia
CityRiga
Period1/10/192/10/19

Keywords

  • Graphene
  • circuit model
  • metasurface
  • perfect absorption
  • polarization
  • reconfiguration
  • terahertz
  • wireless

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Instrumentation
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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