Tailoring anisotropic absorption in borophene-based structure via critical coupling

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates a borophene-based structure that significantly enhances light absorption through critical coupling, with tunable properties and potential applications in future photonic devices.

Contribution

It introduces a novel borophene-based absorption structure utilizing critical coupling to achieve near-perfect absorption in the visible range.

Findings

Achieves up to 99.80% light absorption via critical coupling.

Demonstrates polarization-dependent absorption due to borophene's anisotropy.

Shows tunability of absorption by adjusting material and structural parameters.

Abstract

The research of two-dimensional (2D) materials with atomic-scale thicknesses and unique optical properties has become a frontier in photonics and electronics. Borophene, a newly reported 2D material provides a novel building block for nanoscale materials and devices. We present a simple borophene-based absorption structure to boost the light-borophene interaction via critical coupling in the visible wavelengths. The proposed structure consists of borophene monolayer deposited on a photonic crystal slab backed with a metallic mirror. The numerical simulations and theoretical analysis show that the light absorption of the structure can be remarkably enhanced as high as 99.80% via critical coupling mechanism with guided resonance, and the polarization-dependent absorption behaviors are demonstrated due to the strong anisotropy of borophene. We also examine the tunability of the absorption behaviors by adjusting carrier density and lifetime of borophene, air hole radius in the slab, the incident angle and polarization angle. The proposed absorption structure provides novel access to the flexible and effective manipulation of light-borophene interactions in the visible, and shows a good prospect for the future borophene-based electronic and photonic devices.