Terahertz radiation converter based on metamaterial
https://doi.org/10.17073/1609-3577-2023-1-56-65
EDN: YVACGI
Abstract
Since the early 1980s, the terahertz range (from 0.1 to 10 THz) attracts constant attention of both fundamental and applied physics. Due to its unique properties, terahertz radiation finds it’s applications in spectroscopy, defectoscopy, and security systems. The construction of efficient absorbers and converters in terahertz range is crucial for further development of terahertz technologies. In this work, we use a frequency-selective high-Q metamaterial to construct a converter of terahertz radiation into the infrared radiation. The converter consists of a metamaterial absorber of terahertz radiation covered with a micrometer thick layer of graphite, which emits in the infrared range the energy absorbed by the metamaterial. We have made a numerical electrodynamic and associated thermal simulation of the radiation converter. The metamaterial simulation at 96 GHz (low opacity window of the atmosphere) shows the electromagnetic radiation absorption coefficient of 99.998%, and the analytically calculated converter efficiency of 93.8%. Concluding the above our terahertz radiation converter may contribute to security systems and defectoscopy setups.
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Supporting agencies: The Authors are grateful to N.A. Maleev for help with the presentation of these results as a scientific article. The work was carried out with financial support from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation within State Assignment for the NUST MISIS (Assignment Code 0718-2020-0025).
About the Authors
A. V. Sabluk
National University of Science and Technology MISIS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
4-1 Leninsky Ave., Moscow 119049
Andrey V. Sabluk — Postgraduate Student, Department of Theoretical Physics and Quantum Technologies, Engineer of the Scientific Project of the Laboratory “Superconducting Metamaterials”
A. A. Basharin
National University of Science and Technology MISIS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
4-1 Leninsky Ave., Moscow 119049
Alexey A. Basharin — Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Associate Professor, Department of Theoretical Physics and Quantum Technologies, Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Superconducting Metamaterials
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Sabluk A.V., Basharin A.A. Terahertz radiation converter based on metamaterial. Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii. Materialy Elektronnoi Tekhniki = Materials of Electronics Engineering. 2023;26(1):56-65. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17073/1609-3577-2023-1-56-65. EDN: YVACGI
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