On the frequency-selective features of gold nanorods-based columnar thin film metamaterial absorber

Masih Ghasemi; P. K. Choudhury; M. A. Baqir; M.  A. Mohamed; A. R.  M. Zain; B. Y. Majlis

doi:10.1117/12.2235843

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26 September 2016 On the frequency-selective features of gold nanorods-based columnar thin film metamaterial absorber

Masih Ghasemi, P. K. Choudhury, M. A. Baqir, M. A. Mohamed, A. R. M. Zain, B. Y. Majlis

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Proceedings Volume 9929, Nanostructured Thin Films IX; 992908 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2235843
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Metamaterials have been of great interest owing to multifarious technological applications. Among various applications of scientific need, the perfect absorber kind of property of metamaterials remains prudent. Within the context, this investigation describes the filtering/absorber applications of metasurfaces comprised of columnar nanorods of gold having circular and elliptical cross-sections. The spectral features of such absorbers are investigated in terms of absorptivity in the visible to infrared (IR) regimes. The results indicate of almost perfect absorption corresponding to certain wavelengths in the IR span. Also, multiple absorption peaks would determine the filtering characteristics of the structures under consideration. It has been found that the absorber having circular nanorods exhibits better performance than the one with elliptical nanorods in terms of the magnitude/smoothness of absorption peaks in the entire electromagnetic spectral region of interest; the case of elliptical nanorods makes the absorption spectra to yield too much of flickers in the IR range of wavelength.

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Masih Ghasemi, P. K. Choudhury, M. A. Baqir, M. A. Mohamed, A. R. M. Zain, and B. Y. Majlis "On the frequency-selective features of gold nanorods-based columnar thin film metamaterial absorber", Proc. SPIE 9929, Nanostructured Thin Films IX, 992908 (26 September 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2235843

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