The invention relates to the technical field of terahertz
metamaterial devices, in particular to an ultra
wide band / double
narrow band switchable terahertz wave absorber based on
vanadium dioxide and sensing application. The wave absorber is formed by periodically arranging and combining a plurality of
metamaterial square structure units, and no gap exists between adjacent periodic units. Each
metamaterial square structure unit is composed of six
layers from top to bottom, namely a VO2
resonance layer, a
photonic crystal plate
dielectric layer, a VO2 thin film, a
metal resonance layer, a
polycrystalline silicon dielectric layer and a gold substrate. The reversible
phase change process of
vanadium dioxide from a
metal state to an insulation state is realized through external excitation (light, temperature and
voltage). When
vanadium dioxide is in a
metal state, the terahertz ultra-bandwidth absorption function is achieved, when
vanadium dioxide is in an insulated state, the terahertz wave double-narrow-band absorption function is achieved, and conversion between the ultra-
wide band and the double narrow bands of the wave absorber is achieved. According to the terahertz wave absorber, the ultra-
wideband / dual-
narrowband conversion function of terahertz
wave absorption can be achieved on one device, the defects that an existing terahertz wave absorber is complex in structure and the absorption characteristic is fixed once the terahertz wave absorber is manufactured are overcome, and the sensing
function application of a single
narrowband in the terahertz wave absorber is researched.