Title :
Strong terahertz light-matter coupling between metamaterials and intersubband transitions
Author :
Dietze, D. ; Benz, Alexander ; Strasser, G. ; Unterrainer, K. ; Darmo, J.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics, Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
Abstract :
The interaction of metamaterials and terahertz intersubband transitions is investigated in the strong coupling regime. We demonstrate that the resonant frequency of the metamaterial can be tuned by etching without destroying the strong interaction.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; etching; gallium arsenide; metamaterials; optical materials; optical tuning; semiconductor quantum wells; GaAs-AlGaAs; etching; intersubband transitions; metamaterials; resonant frequency; terahertz light-matter coupling; Couplings; Gallium arsenide; Metamaterials; Optical resonators; Plasmons; Resonant frequency; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
