The invention relates to the technical field of terahertz
metamaterial sensors, and provides a tunable terahertz
metamaterial sensor based on triple
plasma induced transparency in order to solve the problems that an existing terahertz
wave band sensor is insufficient in sensitivity and tunability and the like. The designed single-layer
graphene structure can be divided into three parts, wherein the middle part is composed of a cross-shaped
ellipse and four elliptical rings, and the periphery is obtained by rotating a quarter of a circle. Wherein
graphene is manufactured on the surface of a
silicon dioxide substrate, and a layer of ionic gel with the
dielectric constant of 1.82 is coated on a
graphene pattern. Due to the
central symmetry of the
metamaterial, when incident light is terahertz
waves, the transmission spectrum of the metamaterial can generate the same triple
plasma induced transparency (PIT) phenomenon in two polarization directions. The terahertz metamaterial sensor formed by the invention has high sensitivity as high as 1.84 Thz / RIU, high quality factor and insensitivity to polarization and incident angle change. In addition, the device also has tunability, can control the
frequency shift and switch-on and switch-off of the triple PIT window by adjusting the external
voltage, and is suitable for a complex experimental environment.