• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 19, Issue 7, 073602 (2021)
Yi Zhao1, Qiuping Huang1、2、*, Honglei Cai1, Xiaoxia Lin1, Hongchuan He3, Hao Cheng3, Tian Ma2, and Yalin Lu1、2、3、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 2Anhui Laboratory of Advanced Photon Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 3Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202119.073602 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yi Zhao, Qiuping Huang, Honglei Cai, Xiaoxia Lin, Hongchuan He, Hao Cheng, Tian Ma, Yalin Lu. Ultrafast control of slow light in THz electromagnetically induced transparency metasurfaces[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(7): 073602 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    In this paper, we experimentally demonstrate ultrafast optical control of slow light in the terahertz (THz) range by combining the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) metasurfaces with the cut wire made of P+-implanted silicon with short carrier lifetime. Employing the optical-pump THz-probe spectroscopy, we observed that the device transited from a state with a slow light effect to a state without a slow light effect in an ultrafast time of 5 ps and recovered within 200 ps. A coupled oscillator model is utilized to explain the origin of controllability. The experimental results agree very well with the simulated and theoretical results. These EIT metasurfaces have the potential to be used as an ultrafast THz optical delay device.
    x1+γ1x1+ω12x1Ω2exp(iφ)x2=f1,

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    x2+γ2x2+ω22x2Ω2exp(iφ)x1=f2,

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    x1=Ω2+(ω22ω2iωγ2)(ω12ω2iωγ1)(ω22ω2iωγ2)Ω4f,

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    x2=Ω2+(ω12ω2iωγ1)(ω12ω2iωγ1)(ω22ω2iωγ2)Ω4f.

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    J=ineω(x1+x2)=σeE,

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    σe=ineω2Ω2+(ω12ω2iωγ1)+(ω22ω2iωγ2)(ω12ω2iωγ1)(ω22ω2iωγ2)Ω4.

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    t=22+Z0σe,

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    Yi Zhao, Qiuping Huang, Honglei Cai, Xiaoxia Lin, Hongchuan He, Hao Cheng, Tian Ma, Yalin Lu. Ultrafast control of slow light in THz electromagnetically induced transparency metasurfaces[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(7): 073602
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