A numerical simulation of a metamaterial broadband absorber is performed using the finite-difference time-domain method. The absorber adopts a four-layer structure with titanium dioxide (TiO2) rectangular pairs, a bismuth (Bi) layer, a silicon dioxide (SiO2) layer, and a titanium nitride (TiN) layer from top to bottom, respectively, and the TiO2 rectangular pairs are periodically and symmetrically arranged in a rectangular array. The optimization results show that the average absorption of the designed absorber is 97.6% in the wavelength range of 500 to 3500 nm and the average absorption can reach 99% in the wavelength range of 811 to 3162 nm (2351 nm). The coupling of local surface plasmon resonance and propagating plasmon resonance and the good absorption and broadband absorption properties exhibited by metallic Bi were further found by analyzing the distribution of electromagnetic fields. The designed absorber has polarization and temperature-insensitive properties and a simple structure and is easily fabricated.
The enhanced Fabry–Perot (F–P) resonance caused by adding a layer of AlN film to different metal substrates (AlN/metals) was analyzed by controlling the thickness of AlN film. The obtained results using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method show that the absorption capacity of visible light was changed by the film interference effect. Then, the light absorption of Au/AlN/Fe (AAF) trilayer structures exhibits that the addition of the ultra-thin Au layer to the AlN/Fe surface improves the light absorption, the color gamut, and purity. Both the transfer-matrix theory and Fresnel–Airy equation were used to compare the FDTD simulations, the calculations show that all the results are consistent. Systematic analyses revealed that AlN film as an F–P resonant cavity is a promising strategy for optical applications, and AAF is an ideal structure in the applications to optical filters, no-ink printing, and optical anti-counterfeiting.
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