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Enabling perfect light absorption in ultrathin materials promises the development of exotic photonic devices. Here we demonstrate new strategies that can provide capabilities to rationally design ultrathin (thickness < {lambda}/10~{lambda}/5) semiconductor perfect absorbers for arbitrary wavelengths, including those at which the intrinsic absorption of the semiconductor is weak, e.g. Si for near-IR wavelengths. This is in stark contrast with the existing studies on ultrathin perfect absorbers, which have focused on metallic materials or highly-absorptive semiconductors. Our design strategies are built upon an intuitive model, coupled leaky mode theory that we recently developed and can turn the design for perfect absorbers to the design for leaky modes. The designed absorber is featured with extraordinary absorption enhancement, miniaturized dimension, and high selectivity for the wavelength, polarization, and angle of incident light. It can enable the development of flexible, light-weight, high-performance, cost-effective, and multifunctional optoelectronic devices that are difficult with current light absorbers.
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