Optical materials capable of dynamically manipulating electromagnetic waves are an emerging field in memories,optical modulators,and thermal management.Recently,their multispectral design preliminarily attracts much a...Optical materials capable of dynamically manipulating electromagnetic waves are an emerging field in memories,optical modulators,and thermal management.Recently,their multispectral design preliminarily attracts much attention,aiming to enhance their efficiency and integration of functionalities.However,the multispectral manipulation based on these materials is challenging due to their ubiquitous wavelength dependence restricting their capacity to narrow wavelengths.In this article,we cascade multiple tunable optical cavities with selective-transparent layers,enabling a universal approach to overcoming wavelength dependence and establishing a multispectral platform with highly integrated functions.Based on it,we demonstrate the multispectral(ranging from 400 nm to 3 cm),fast response speed(0.9 s),and reversible manipulation based on a typical phase change material,vanadium dioxide.Our platform involves tandem VO_(2)-based Fabry–Pérot(F-P)cavities enabling the customization of optical responses at target bands independently.It can achieve broadband color-changing capacity in the visible region(a shift of~60 nm in resonant wavelength)and is capable of freely switching between three typical optical models(transmittance,reflectance,and absorptance)in the infrared to microwave regions with drastic amplitude tunability exceeding 0.7.This work represents a state-of-art advance in multispectral optics and material science,providing a critical approach for expanding the multispectral manipulation ability of optical systems.展开更多
Metamaterial absorber/emitter is an important aspect of infrared radiation manipulation.In this paper,we proposed four simple switchable infrared metamaterial absorbers/emitters with Ag/VO_(2)disks on the Ag plane emp...Metamaterial absorber/emitter is an important aspect of infrared radiation manipulation.In this paper,we proposed four simple switchable infrared metamaterial absorbers/emitters with Ag/VO_(2)disks on the Ag plane employing triangle,square,hexagon,and circle unit cells.The spectral absorption peaks whose intensities are above 0.99 occur at~4μm after structure optimization when VO_(2)is in insulating state and disappear when VO_(2)becomes metallic state.The simulated electromagnetic field reveals that the spectral absorption peaks are attributed to the excitation of magnetic polariton within the insulating VO_(2)spacer layer,whose values exceed 1.59 orders of magnitude higher than the incident magnetic field.Longer resonant wavelength would be excited in square arrays because its configuration is a better carrier of charges at the same spans.For absorption stability,the absorbers/emitters with square and circular structures do not have any change with the polarization angles changing from 0°to 90°,due to the high rotational symmetric structure.And four absorbers/emitters reveal similar shifts and attenuations under different incident angles.We believed that the switchable absorber/emitter demonstrates promising applications in the sensing technology and adaptive infrared system.展开更多
基金the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFB3902704)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.HIT.DZJJ.2023038)+2 种基金the Science Foundation of National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites(JCKYS2023603C009)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52272291)the China Scholarship Council(202206120085).
文摘Optical materials capable of dynamically manipulating electromagnetic waves are an emerging field in memories,optical modulators,and thermal management.Recently,their multispectral design preliminarily attracts much attention,aiming to enhance their efficiency and integration of functionalities.However,the multispectral manipulation based on these materials is challenging due to their ubiquitous wavelength dependence restricting their capacity to narrow wavelengths.In this article,we cascade multiple tunable optical cavities with selective-transparent layers,enabling a universal approach to overcoming wavelength dependence and establishing a multispectral platform with highly integrated functions.Based on it,we demonstrate the multispectral(ranging from 400 nm to 3 cm),fast response speed(0.9 s),and reversible manipulation based on a typical phase change material,vanadium dioxide.Our platform involves tandem VO_(2)-based Fabry–Pérot(F-P)cavities enabling the customization of optical responses at target bands independently.It can achieve broadband color-changing capacity in the visible region(a shift of~60 nm in resonant wavelength)and is capable of freely switching between three typical optical models(transmittance,reflectance,and absorptance)in the infrared to microwave regions with drastic amplitude tunability exceeding 0.7.This work represents a state-of-art advance in multispectral optics and material science,providing a critical approach for expanding the multispectral manipulation ability of optical systems.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51902073)National Key Research&Development Program(2016YFB0303903,2016YFE0201600)+3 种基金Foundation of Equip-ment Development Department(6140922010901)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project(2019M661273,2020T130142)Heilongjiang Province Post-doctoral Science Foundation(LBH-Z19159)the Funda-mental Research Funds for the Central Universities(HIT.NSRIF.2020019).
文摘Metamaterial absorber/emitter is an important aspect of infrared radiation manipulation.In this paper,we proposed four simple switchable infrared metamaterial absorbers/emitters with Ag/VO_(2)disks on the Ag plane employing triangle,square,hexagon,and circle unit cells.The spectral absorption peaks whose intensities are above 0.99 occur at~4μm after structure optimization when VO_(2)is in insulating state and disappear when VO_(2)becomes metallic state.The simulated electromagnetic field reveals that the spectral absorption peaks are attributed to the excitation of magnetic polariton within the insulating VO_(2)spacer layer,whose values exceed 1.59 orders of magnitude higher than the incident magnetic field.Longer resonant wavelength would be excited in square arrays because its configuration is a better carrier of charges at the same spans.For absorption stability,the absorbers/emitters with square and circular structures do not have any change with the polarization angles changing from 0°to 90°,due to the high rotational symmetric structure.And four absorbers/emitters reveal similar shifts and attenuations under different incident angles.We believed that the switchable absorber/emitter demonstrates promising applications in the sensing technology and adaptive infrared system.