Angle-selective perfect absorption with two-dimensional materials

Linxiao Zhu; Fengyuan Liu; Hongtao Lin; Juejun Hu; Zongfu Yu; Xinran Wang; Shanhui Fan

doi:10.1038/lsa.2016.52

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Angle-selective perfect absorption with two-dimensional materials

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- Angle-selective perfect absorption with two-dimensional materials
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 5, Issue 2, (2016)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
  2.National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Electronic Science and Engineering and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  3.Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA 02139, USA
  4.Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
  5.Department of Electrical Engineering, Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Author bio：
  
  ZF Yu, Email: zyu54@wisc.edu
  XR Wang, Email: xrwang@nju.edu.cn
  SH Fan, Email: shanhui@stanford.edu
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2016.52
  CLC：
- Published：2016-06，
  
  Published Online：02 December 2015，
  
  Received：28 October 2015，
  
  Revised：24 November 2015，
  
  Accepted：26 November 2015
- Accepted：
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Zhu, L. X. et al. Angle-selective perfect absorption with two-dimensional materials. Light: Science & Applications, 5, e16052 (2016).
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Zhu, L. X. et al. Angle-selective perfect absorption with two-dimensional materials. Light: Science & Applications, 5, e16052 (2016). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2016.52.

摘要

Abstract

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have great potential in photonic and optoelectronic devices. However

the relatively weak light absorption in 2D materials hinders their application in practical devices. Here

we propose a general approach to achieve angle-selective perfect light absorption in 2D materials. As a demonstration of the concept

we experimentally show giant light absorption by placing large-area single-layer graphene on a structure consisting of a chalcogenide layer atop a mirror and achieving a total absorption of 77.6% in the mid-infrared wavelength range (~13 μm)

where the graphene contributes a record-high 47.2% absorptivity of mid-infrared light. Construction of such an angle-selective thin optical element is important for solar and thermal energy harvesting

photo-detection and sensing applications. Our study points to a new opportunity to combine 2D materials with photonic structures to enable novel device applications.

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Keywords

angle-selective perfect absorptionangle-selective thin optical elementgraphenemid-infraredtwo-dimensional materials

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