High-Q Terahertz Perfect Absorber Based on a Dual-Tunable InSb Cylindrical Pillar Metasurface

Charca-Benavente R.; Lezama-Calvo J.; Clemente-Arenas M. · Telecom (2025) · DOI: 10.3390/telecom6030070

Resumen

Perfect absorbers operating in the terahertz (THz) band are key enablers for next-generation wireless systems. However, conventional metal–dielectric designs suffer from Ohmic losses and limited reconfigurability. Here, we propose an all-dielectric indium antimonide (InSb) cylindrical pillar metasurface that achieves near-unity absorption at (Formula presented.) THz with a high quality factor of (Formula presented.). Critical coupling between coexisting electric and magnetic dipoles enables perfect impedance matching, while InSb’s low damping minimizes energy loss. The resonance is tunable via temperature and magnetic bias at sensitivities of (Formula presented.), (Formula presented.), and (Formula presented.), respectively, without compromising absorption strength. At zero magnetic bias ((Formula presented.)), the metasurface is polarization-independent under normal incidence; under magnetic bias ((Formula presented.)), it maintains near-unity absorbance for both TE and TM, while the resonance frequency becomes polarization-dependent. Additionally, the 90% absorptance bandwidth ((Formula presented.)) can be modulated from 8.3 GHz to 3.3 GHz with temperature, or broadened from 8.5 GHz to 14.8 GHz under magnetic bias. This allows gapless suppression of up to 14 consecutive 1 GHz-spaced channels. This standards-agnostic bandwidth metric illustrates dynamic spectral filtering for future THz links and beyond-5G/6G research. Owing to its sharp selectivity, dual-mode tunability, and metal-free construction, the proposed absorber offers a compact and reconfigurable platform for advanced THz filtering applications.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa; Universidad Nacional Tecnológica de Lima Sur