Title :
Plasmonic EIT at the Drude damping limit
Author :
Liu, Na ; Langguth, Lutz ; Weiss, Thomas ; Kästel, Jürgen ; Fleischhauer, Michael ; Pfau, Tilman ; Giessen, Harald
Author_Institution :
4th Phys. Inst., Univ. of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate a nanoplasmonic analog of electromagnetically induced transparency utilizing a stacked optical metamaterial. Specifically, we achieve a very narrow transparency window with high modulation depth due to nearly complete suppression of radiative losses.
Keywords :
metamaterials; plasmonics; self-induced transparency; Drude damping limit; nanoplasmonic analog; plasmonic electromagnetically induced transparency; stacked optical metamaterial; Damping; Dipole antennas; Frequency; Gold; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Oscillators; Plasmons; Resonance; Tomography; (160.3918) Metamaterials; (220.4241) Nanostructure fabrication;
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
