• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 20, Issue 1, 013701 (2022)
Hao Sun1, Jianghua Zhang2, Yuhua Tang1, Hengzhu Liu1, Jie Yang2, and Xin Zheng2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 2National Innovation Institute of Defense Technology, Beijing 100010, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202220.013701 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Hao Sun, Jianghua Zhang, Yuhua Tang, Hengzhu Liu, Jie Yang, Xin Zheng. Ultrafast all-optical switching of dual-band plasmon-induced transparency in terahertz metamaterials[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(1): 013701 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    An active ultrafast formation and modulation of dual-band plasmon-induced transparency (PIT) effect is theoretically and experimentally studied in a novel metaphotonic device operating in the terahertz regime, for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. Specifically, we designed and fabricated a triatomic metamaterial hybridized with silicon islands following a newly proposed modulating mechanism. In this mechanism, a localized surface plasmon resonance is induced by the broken symmetry of a C2 structure, acting as the quasi-dark mode. Excited by exterior laser pumps, the photo-induced carriers in silicon promote the quasi-dark mode, which shields the near-field coupling between the dark mode and bright mode supported by the triatomic metamaterial, leading to the dynamical modulation of terahertz waves from individual-band into dual-band PIT effects, with a decay constant of 493 ps. Moreover, a remarkable slow light effect occurs in the modulating process, accompanied by the dual-transparent windows. The dynamical switching technique of the dual-band PIT effect introduced in this work highlights the potential usefulness of this metaphotonic device in optical information processing and communication, including multi-frequency filtering, tunable sensors, and optical storage.
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    Hao Sun, Jianghua Zhang, Yuhua Tang, Hengzhu Liu, Jie Yang, Xin Zheng. Ultrafast all-optical switching of dual-band plasmon-induced transparency in terahertz metamaterials[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(1): 013701
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