Multi-mode surface plasmon resonance absorber based on dart-type single-layer graphene

In this paper, a multi-mode surface plasmon resonance absorber based on dart-type single-layer graphene is proposed, which has the advantages of polarization independence, tunability, high sensitivity, high figure of merit, etc. The device consists of a top layer dart-like patterned single-layer graphene array, a thicker silicon dioxide spacer layer and a metal reflector layer, and has simple structural characteristics. The numerical results show that the device achieves the perfect polarization-independent absorption at the resonance wavelengths of λ(I) = 3369.55 nm, λ(II) = 3508.35 nm, λ(III) = 3689.09 nm and λ(IV) = 4257.72 nm, with the absorption efficiencies of 99.78%, 99.40%, 99.04% and 99.91%, respectively. The absorption effect of the absorber can be effectively regulated and controlled by adjusting the numerical values such as the geometric parameters and the structural period p of the single-layer graphene array. In addition, by controlling the chemical potential and the relaxation time of the graphene layer, the resonant wavelength and the absorption efficiency of the mode can be dynamically tuned. And can keep high absorption in a wide incident angle range of 0° to 50°. At last, we exposed the structure to different environmental refractive indices, and obtained the corresponding maximum sensitivities in four resonance modes, which are S(I) = 635.75 nm RIU(−1), S(II) = 695.13 nm RIU(−1), S(III) = 775.38 nm RIU(−1) and S(IV) = 839.39 nm RIU(−1). Maximum figure of merit are 54.03 RIU(−1), 51.49 RIU(−1), 43.56 RIU(−1), and 52.14 RIU(−1), respectively. Therefore, this study has provided a new inspiration for the design of the graphene-based tunable multi-band perfect metamaterial absorber, which can be applied to the fields such as photodetectors and chemical sensors.