Table 2 S11 for different design steps.

From: A high-performance ultra-compact plasmonic metamaterial structure for optical THz absorption

Designs

Design 1

Design 2

Design 3

Design 4

Design 5 (Proposed design)

Design 6

Frequency range for S11 < -10 dB (THz)

320–680

290–780

260–910

220–1190

180–1500

150–1500

Minimum value of S11 (dB)

-11.26

-12.4

-14.79

-20.57

-37.4

-22.62

Bandwidth of operation (THz)

360

490

650

970

1320

1350

Resonant frequency (THz)

490

510

530

570

670

840