Structural tuning of nonlinear terahertz metamaterials using broadside coupled split ring resonators

Keiser, George R.; Karl, Nicholas; Ul Haque, Sheikh Rubaiat; Brener, Igal; Mittleman, Daniel M.; Averitt, Richard D.

doi:10.1063/5.0053876

Title: Structural tuning of nonlinear terahertz metamaterials using broadside coupled split ring resonators

Journal Article · Thu Sep 02 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · AIP Advances

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0053876· OSTI ID:1831163

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Washington College, Chestertown, MD (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Univ. of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States)

We present an experimental and numerical study of a terahertz metamaterial with a nonlinear response that is controllable via the relative structural arrangement of two stacked split ring resonator arrays. The first array is fabricated on an n-doped GaAs substrate, and the second array is fabricated vertically above the first using a polyimide spacer layer. Due to GaAs carrier dynamics, the on-resonance terahertz transmission at 0.4 THz varies in a nonlinear manner with incident terahertz power. The second resonator layer dampens this nonlinear response. In samples where the two layers are aligned, the resonance disappears, and the total nonlinear modulation of the on-resonance transmission decreases. The nonlinear modulation is restored in samples where an alignment offset is imposed between the two resonator arrays. Structurally tunable metamaterials and metasurfaces can therefore act as a design template for tunable nonlinear THz devices by controlling the coupling of confined electric fields to nonlinear phenomena in a complex material substrate or inclusion.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 1831163

Report Number(s):: SAND-2021-10979J; 699215; TRN: US2216860

Journal Information:: AIP Advances, Vol. 11, Issue 9; ISSN 2158-3226

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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