Fractal THz metamaterials: design, fabrication, and characterisation

R. Malureanu; P. U. Jepsen; S. Xiao; L. Zhou; D. G. Cooke; A. Andryieuski; A. V. Lavrinenko

doi:10.1117/12.854858

29 April 2010 Fractal THz metamaterials: design, fabrication, and characterisation

R. Malureanu, P. U. Jepsen, S. Xiao, L. Zhou, D. G. Cooke, A. Andryieuski, A. V. Lavrinenko

Proceedings Volume 7711, Metamaterials V; 77110M (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.854858
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2010, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

The concept of metamaterials (MTMs) is acknowledged for providing new horizons for controlling electromagnetic radiations thus their use in frequency ranges otherwise difficult to manage (e.g. THz radiation) broadens our possibility to better understand our world as well as opens the path for new applications. THz radiation can be employed for various purposes, among them the study of vibrations in biological molecules, motion of electrons in semiconductors and propagation of acoustic shock waves in crystals. We propose here a new THz fractal MTM design that shows very high transmission in the desired frequency range as well as a clear differentiation between one polarisation and another. Based on theoretical predictions we fabricated and measured a fractal based THz metamaterial that shows more than 60% field transmission at around 1THz for TE polarized light while the TM waves have almost 80% field transmission peak at 0.6THz. One of the main characteristics of this design is its tunability by design: by simply changing the length of the fractal elements one can choose the operating frequency window. The modelling, fabrication and characterisation results will be presented in this paper. Due to the long wavelength of THz radiation, the resolution requirements for fabrication of metamaterials are within the optical lithography range. However, the high aspect ratio of such structures as well as the substrate thickness pose challenges in the fabrication process. The measurements were made using terahertz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) that allows us to obtain both the amplitude and phase of the transmission function. The experimental results are in very good agreement with theoretical calculations based on finite-difference time-domain simulations.

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R. Malureanu, P. U. Jepsen, S. Xiao, L. Zhou, D. G. Cooke, A. Andryieuski, and A. V. Lavrinenko "Fractal THz metamaterials: design, fabrication, and characterisation", Proc. SPIE 7711, Metamaterials V, 77110M (29 April 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.854858

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