Perfect Absorption Metasurfaces with Multiple Meta-Resonances

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that hybrid meta-resonances in metasurfaces can achieve near-perfect absorption by fine-tuning structural parameters and leveraging dissipation, without requiring extreme material properties.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of meta-resonances in hybrid resonators backed by cavities and shows how to achieve near-perfect absorption through structural tuning and dissipation control.

Findings

Reflection as low as 0.426% achieved experimentally.

Up to five meta-resonances generated within 200-1000 Hz range.

Meta-resonances are insensitive to resonance strength but depend on impedance matching.

Abstract

We show that the hybrid resonances of a DMR backed by a cavity are meta-resonances, in that they can be made as perfect as possible by fine tuning the structural parameters but without the requirements of extreme materials properties, such as zero dissipation. Instead, dissipation in the DMR is essential for the realization of perfect meta-resonances. We experimentally demonstrate such perfection by tuning the structure of a HMR till its reflection is as low as 0.426 % . Besides the primary meta-resonances that are originated from the strong resonances of the DMR, weak hitchhiker resonances can also produce meta-resonances as perfect as the primary ones. The depth of the reflection dips is insensitive to the strength of the resonances involved, but critically depends on the degree of impedance match to air brought mostly by fine tuning the structure parameters, such as the cavity volume, the mass of the platelet, or the pre-tension in the membrane. Using the eccentricity of the platelet position in the DMR, a number of resonances and anti-resonances are generated, resulting in up to five meta-resonances within the range of 200 Hz to 1000 Hz, with the highest reflection being 7 % and the lowest being 1.2 % . Other means of introducing hitchhiker meta-resonances are also reported.