Gangbuster frequency selective surface metamaterials in terahertz band

Abstract

Frequency selective surfaces using Ag dipole antenna elements have been simulated, fabricated and tested to demonstrate improved narrowband transmission compared to the current state of the art in the 1–2 THz. Several designs are presented including variations in dipole packing density, and sensitivity to a cladding layer. The sharpest resonant response was measured to have a bandwidth of 90 GHz at a centre frequency of 1.3 THz, for a Q of 14.5, which is the highest thus far reported for a terahertz narrowband filter. In addition, the sensitivity of the resonance of the structures to material properties may be exploited as a way to measure the permittivity and loss tangent of thin films in the terahertz band.