Dual-band tunable terahertz perfect absorber based on all-dielectric InSb resonator structure for sensing application

A dual-band terahertz (THz) perfect absorber (PA) based on the all-dielectric metamaterial (MM) composed of the vertical-square-split-ring (VSSR) structure InSb array was proposed and investigated numerically. Simulation results show that the absorbance of the proposed PA under room temperature T = 295 K is up to 99.9% and 99.8% at 1.265 THz and 1.436 THz, respectively, which is consistent well with the fitting results of coupling mode theory (CMT). According to the simulated electric field and power loss density distributions, the perfect absorption results from the excitation of the first- and second-order plasmonic resonance mode. Further results show that the designed PA is polarization-insensitive due to the high geometric rotational symmetry, and wide-angle absorption can be achieved for transverse magnetic (TM) waves. The geometric parameters of the VSSR structure InSb and the external environment temperature can be changed to adjust the resonance absorption properties of the designed dual-band PA. The dual-band PA can be functioned as a temperature sensor with a sensitivity of about 5.9 GHz/K and 6.4 GHz/K, respectively. Furthermore, the dual-band PA under T = 295 K also can be served as a refractive index sensor with a sensitivity of about 1.3 THz/RIU and 1.0 THz/RIU, respectively. Due to its excellent properties including simple design, easy fabrication, polarization-insensitive and perfect absorption, the proposed dual-band PA may find many potential applications in detecting, imaging, and sensing in the THz region. •Dual-band tunable perfect absorber (PA) based on InSb structure was proposed in THz region.•The absorbance of PA is up to 99.9 % and 99.8 % at 1.265 THz and 1.436 THz, respectively.•Perfect absorption due to the first- and second-order plasmonic resonance mode in the InSb structure.•The dual-band PA can be served as temperature sensor with sensitivity 5.9 GHz/K and 6.4 GHz/K, and refractive index (RI) sensor with a sensitivity 1.3 THz/RIU and 1.0 THz/RIU, respectively.