Publication:
THz tripod metasurfaces for sensing applications: from the basic, to more elaborated designs

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2022-10-25

Date

2021

Director

Publisher

IEEE
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena
Versión aceptada / Onetsi den bertsioa

Project identifier

AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/RTI2018-094475-B-I00/ES/

Abstract

In this work, we propose, design, and evaluate three types of : three types of metasurfaces using tripod-shaped unit cells when working as thin-film sensing devices. The three meta-atoms of the proposed metasensors area simple solid tripod, a hollow tripod, and a hollow tripod structure with arms.The best design showed a mean numerical sensitivity of 1.42 × 10−4nm for extremely thin samples, meaning an improvement of 381% with respect to the initial designs. These results highlight the importance of using metastructures with complex geometries that enable high-intensity electric field distributions over the whole metasurface.

Keywords

Tripod metasurfaces, Tripod-shaped unit cells, Thin-film sensing devices, Meta-atoms, Metasensors, Hollow tripod structure, Mean numerical sensitivity, Solid tripod structure, Metastructures

Department

Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación / Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoaren eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritzaren

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Funding entities

This research was funded by Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, 094475-B-I00 (MCIU/AEI/FEDER,UE).

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