Results in Physics (Jan 2017)

Thermally tunable broadband omnidirectional and polarization-independent super absorber using phase change material VO2

  • Zhejun Liu,
  • Mingyu Zhao,
  • Jun Gao,
  • Yuesheng Li,
  • Suhua Jiang

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7
pp. 4222 – 4225

Abstract

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In this letter, we numerically demonstrate a thermally tunable super absorber by using phase change material VO2 as absorbing layer in metal-insulator-metal structure. An omnidirectional super absorption at λ=2.56μm can be realized by heating the patterned grating VO2 film due to magnetic resonance mechanism. Furthermore, a broadband super absorption higher than 0.8 in the entire 1.6μm–4μm region is achieved when VO2 film is patterned chessboard structure and transformed to metal phase beyond transition temperature. This broadband super absorption can be fulfilled in a wide range of incident angle (0°–70°) and under all polarization conditions. Keywords: Phase change material, Metal-insulator-metal, Super absorption, Magnetic resonance