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Ultralow-power all-optical tunable dual Fano resonances in nonlinear metamaterials

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4829655· OSTI ID:22254115
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  1. State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (China)
Dual Fano resonances are realized in a nonlinear photonic metamaterial consisting of periodic arrays of asymmetrical meta-molecules etched in a gold film coated with azobenzene polymer layer made of poly[(methyl methacrylate)-co-(disperse red 13 acrylate)]. Enormously enhanced photoisomerization associated with resonant excitation brings about a large refractive index variation in the azobenzene polymer. Under excitation of a weak pump light as low as 0.61 kW/cm{sup 2}, a large shift of 50 nm in the Fano resonance wavelength is obtained. Compared with previous reports, the threshold pump intensity is reduced by seven orders of magnitude while a large tunability is maintained simultaneously.
OSTI ID:
22254115
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 19 Vol. 103; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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