Metamaterials for the terahertz gap

Author

Padilla, Willie J. ; Chen, Houtong ; Landy, Nathan I. ; Bingham, Christopher ; Tao, Hu ; Zhang, Xin ; Zide, Josh M O ; Gossard, Arthur C. ; Taylor, Antoinette J. ; Averitt, Richard D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Boston Coll., Chestnut Hill, MA

fYear

2008

fDate

15-19 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Metamaterials are engineered materials which offer superb electromagnetic performance over naturally occurring materials, and offer great potential to construct novel devices operating in the terahertz frequency regime. Here we experimentally demonstrate metamaterial narrow band filters, perfect absorbing elements for THz imaging, and ultra-fast THz switches. Experiments are supplanted with simulation and theory, thus verifying high performance.

Keywords

metamaterials; submillimetre wave devices; submillimetre wave imaging; THz imaging; metamaterials; narrow band filters; perfect absorbing elements; terahertz frequency devices; terahertz gap; ultrafast THz switches; Conducting materials; Electrons; Frequency; Intensity modulation; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Narrowband; Optical filters; Physics; Submillimeter wave filters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, 2008. IRMMW-THz 2008. 33rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2119-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2120-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2008.4665869

Filename

4665869