Tunable metamaterials based on voltage controlled strong coupling
Abstract
We present the design, fabrication, and realization of an electrically tunable metamaterial operating in the mid-infrared spectral range. Our devices combine intersubband transitions in semiconductor quantum-wells with planar metamaterials and operate in the strong light-matter coupling regime. The resonance frequency of the intersubband transition can be controlled by an external bias relative to the fixed metamaterial resonance. This allows us to switch dynamically from an uncoupled to a strongly coupled system and thereby to shift the eigenfrequency of the upper polariton branch by 2.5 THz (corresponding to 8% of the center frequency or one full linewidth) with a bias of 5 V.
- Authors:
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 (United States)
- Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 (United States)
- Publication Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 22253154
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Applied Physics Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 103; Journal Issue: 26; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; COUPLING; DESIGN; EIGENFREQUENCY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FABRICATION; QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; STRONG-COUPLING MODEL; SWITCHES; VISIBLE RADIATION
Citation Formats
Benz, Alexander, Brener, Igal, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, Montaño, Inès, and Klem, John F. Tunable metamaterials based on voltage controlled strong coupling. United States: N. p., 2013.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4859636.
Benz, Alexander, Brener, Igal, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, Montaño, Inès, & Klem, John F. Tunable metamaterials based on voltage controlled strong coupling. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4859636
Benz, Alexander, Brener, Igal, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, Montaño, Inès, and Klem, John F. 2013.
"Tunable metamaterials based on voltage controlled strong coupling". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4859636.
@article{osti_22253154,
title = {Tunable metamaterials based on voltage controlled strong coupling},
author = {Benz, Alexander and Brener, Igal and Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 and Montaño, Inès and Klem, John F.},
abstractNote = {We present the design, fabrication, and realization of an electrically tunable metamaterial operating in the mid-infrared spectral range. Our devices combine intersubband transitions in semiconductor quantum-wells with planar metamaterials and operate in the strong light-matter coupling regime. The resonance frequency of the intersubband transition can be controlled by an external bias relative to the fixed metamaterial resonance. This allows us to switch dynamically from an uncoupled to a strongly coupled system and thereby to shift the eigenfrequency of the upper polariton branch by 2.5 THz (corresponding to 8% of the center frequency or one full linewidth) with a bias of 5 V.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4859636},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22253154},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 26,
volume = 103,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 23 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Mon Dec 23 00:00:00 EST 2013}
}
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