• DocumentCode
    500094
  • Title

    Electrically tunable metamaterial for polarization-independent terahertz modulation

  • Author

    Paul, Oliver ; Imhof, Christian ; Lagel, Bert ; Wolff, Sandra ; Heinrich, Jan ; Hofling, Sven ; Forchel, Alfred ; Zengerle, Remigius ; Beigang, Rene ; Rahm, Marco

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a polarization-insensitive, electrically tunable metamaterial operating at terahertz (THz) frequencies and demonstrate the fast modulation of a propagating THz wave. The structure is composed of gold crosses on n-doped gallium arsenide (GaAs).
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; metamaterials; optical modulation; terahertz waves; GaAs; electrically tunable metamaterial; fast modulation; polarization independent terahertz modulation; terahertz frequencies; Gallium arsenide; Gold; Metamaterials; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Physics; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Submillimeter wave technology; Voltage; (160.3918) Metamaterials; (220.4000) Microstructure; (230.4110) Modulators; (300.6495) THz spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5225473