Multi-Band Analogue Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in DoubleTuned Metamaterials

A multi-band analogue electromagnetically induced transparency (A-EIT) metamaterial is proposed. The structure is composed of liquid crystal (LC) layer and a graphene strips layer on both sides of silicon dioxide. The transmission spectrum and electric field distribution of only one graphene strip and two graphene strips have been studied. As a bright mode, the graphene strip is coupled with adjacent graphene strip to realize the A-EIT effect. When multiple graphene strips are coupled with each other, the multi-band A-EIT is obtained due to the electric dipole resonances of the four strips. The results show that the multiband A-EIT effect can be tuned by voltage on LC and graphene layer, respectively. Moreover, changing the incident angle of the electromagnetic wave has had little influence on the transmission window in the low frequency band, it is meaning that the A-EIT effect with insensitive to the incident angle can be obtained. Each transmission window has a high maximum transmittance and figure of merit (FOM). The multi-band A-EIT effect can widen the application on sensor and optical storage devices.

Wideband Reflector and Analogue Electromagnetically Induced Reflection in Metamaterials

Metamaterials are highly demanded for advanced applications in absorbers, sensors, and filters. However, metamaterial reflectors, especially broadband reflectors, remain challenging. In this paper, we theoretically investigate a wideband metamaterial reflector which consists of cross shaped graphene strips and a silica (SiO2) substrate. The cross shaped graphene strips are coated on the top of the structure, and the cross shape rotated 45° graphene strips are spun on the bottom of it. The calculated reflection can be tuned through length and width of the graphene strips. By comparison, not only broadband reflection but also analogue electromagnetically induced reflection (EIR) can be realized. Moreover, the structure can generate a bi-directional broadband reflection of insensitive polarization. This kind of bi-directional reflector at microwave frequencies is obtained because the top and bottom graphene strip structures are similar. We employ the electric field distribution of the designed structure to elucidate the mechanism of the analogue EIR effect. We further discuss the influence of incident angle on the analogue EIR effect. Such a bi-directional reflector can be potentially applied to a wideband reflector, antenna, and sensor.

Singular integral equations in plane wave scattering by infinite graphene strip grating with brake of periodicity

In this paper, the solution of the H-polarized wave scattering problem by infinite graphene strip grating is obtained. The structure is periodic except two neighboring strips. The distance between these two strips is arbitrary. In particular, such a problem allows to quantify the mutual interaction of graphene strips in the array. The total field is represented as a superposition of the field of currents on the ideally-periodic grating and correction currents induced by the shift of the strips. The analysis is based on the convergent method of singular integral equations. It enables us to study the influence of the correction currents in a wide range from 10 GHz to 6 THz. It is shown that the interaction between graphene strips is strong near plasmon resonances and near the Rayleigh anomaly.