Abstract
We have fabricated optical absorbers based on heterostructures composed of thick metallic films and truncated all-dielectric photonic crystals. Under the tunneling mechanism, the light can enter the heterostructure without reflection and is greatly absorbed due to the strong local-field enhancement in the metallic film. With the increase in the thickness of the metal, the absorbance will tend to unity. Experiments, in good agreement with the simulations, demonstrate a maximum of absorbance close to 98%. Possible methods to realize a wide-angle or/and wideband absorption are also given.
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