Optically switchable and tunable terahertz metamaterials through photoconductivity Academic Article

abstract

• We present both theoretical and experimental cases for realizing optically switchable and tunable split-ring resonator (SRR) metamaterials operating in the THz regime. This is achieved by suitably placing photoconducting semiconductors in the various SRR designs. Exciting the semiconductor by an optical pump beam, the realization of single- and multi-band switching, blue-shift and red-shift tunability, and broad-band phase modulation are demonstrated. 2012 IOP Publishing Ltd.

authors

• Tzortzakis, Stylianos

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF OPTICS

author list (cited authors)

• Kafesaki, M., Shen, N. H., Tzortzakis, S., & Soukoulis, C. M.

citation count

• 44

complete list of authors

• Kafesaki, M||Shen, NH||Tzortzakis, S||Soukoulis, CM

publication date

• September 2012

publisher

• IOP Publishing  Publisher

published in

• JOURNAL OF OPTICS  Journal

keywords

• Metamaterials
• Srrs
• Switchable Systems
• Tunable Systems

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1088/2040-8978/14/11/114008

start page

• 114008

end page

• 114008

volume

• 14

issue

• 11

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/14/11/114008