Mechanism of the metallic metamaterials coupled to the gain material
Abstract
In this study, we present evidence of strong coupling between the gain material and the metallic metamaterials. It is of vital importance to understand the mechanism of the coupling of metamaterials with the gain medium. Using a four-level gain system, the numerical pump-probe experiments are performed in several configurations (split–ring resonators (SRRs), inverse SRRs and fishnets) of metamaterials, demonstrating reduction of the resonator damping in all cases and hence the possibility for loss compensation. We find that the differential transmittance ΔT/T can be negative in different SRR configurations, such as SRRs on the top of the gain substrate, gain in the SRR gap and gain covering the SRR structure, while in the fishnet metamaterial with gain ΔT/T is positive.
- Authors:
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- Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States); Anhui Univ., Hefei (China)
- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Crete (Greece)
- Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
- Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States); Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Crete (Greece)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1225532
- Report Number(s):
- IS-J-8545
Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087; OPEXFF
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11358
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Optics Express
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 22; Journal Issue: 23; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087
- Publisher:
- Optical Society of America (OSA)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; optical properties; metamaterials; resonance; nanophotonics and photonic crystals
Citation Formats
Huang, Zhixiang, Droulias, Sotiris, Koschny, Thomas, and Soukoulis, Costas M. Mechanism of the metallic metamaterials coupled to the gain material. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1364/OE.22.028596.
Huang, Zhixiang, Droulias, Sotiris, Koschny, Thomas, & Soukoulis, Costas M. Mechanism of the metallic metamaterials coupled to the gain material. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.028596
Huang, Zhixiang, Droulias, Sotiris, Koschny, Thomas, and Soukoulis, Costas M. Mon .
"Mechanism of the metallic metamaterials coupled to the gain material". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.028596. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1225532.
@article{osti_1225532,
title = {Mechanism of the metallic metamaterials coupled to the gain material},
author = {Huang, Zhixiang and Droulias, Sotiris and Koschny, Thomas and Soukoulis, Costas M.},
abstractNote = {In this study, we present evidence of strong coupling between the gain material and the metallic metamaterials. It is of vital importance to understand the mechanism of the coupling of metamaterials with the gain medium. Using a four-level gain system, the numerical pump-probe experiments are performed in several configurations (split–ring resonators (SRRs), inverse SRRs and fishnets) of metamaterials, demonstrating reduction of the resonator damping in all cases and hence the possibility for loss compensation. We find that the differential transmittance ΔT/T can be negative in different SRR configurations, such as SRRs on the top of the gain substrate, gain in the SRR gap and gain covering the SRR structure, while in the fishnet metamaterial with gain ΔT/T is positive.},
doi = {10.1364/OE.22.028596},
journal = {Optics Express},
number = 23,
volume = 22,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}
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