Electromagnetically induced transparency in metamaterials at near-infrared frequency

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Electromagnetically induced transparency in metamaterials at near-infrared frequency

Jingjing Zhang, Sanshui Xiao, Claus Jeppesen, Anders Kristensen, and Niels Asger Mortensen »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 16, pp. 17187-17192 (2010)
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We employ a planar metamaterial structure composed of a split-ring-resonator (SRR) and paired nano-rods to experimentally realize a spectral response at near-infrared frequencies resembling that of electromagnetically induced transparency. A narrow transparency window associated with low loss is produced, and the magnetic field enhancement at the center of the SRR is dramatically changed, due to the interference between the resonances with significantly different linewidths. The variation of the spectral response in terms of relative position of the bright and dark elements is evaluated with numerical simulations.

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(000.4930) General : Other topics of general interest
(260.2110) Physical optics : Electromagnetic optics
(160.3918) Materials : Metamaterials

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Original Manuscript: June 22, 2010
Revised Manuscript: July 21, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: July 21, 2010
Published: July 28, 2010

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Jingjing Zhang, Sanshui Xiao, Claus Jeppesen, Anders Kristensen, and Niels Asger Mortensen, "Electromagnetically induced transparency in metamaterials at near-infrared frequency," Opt. Express 18, 17187-17192 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-16-17187

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C. L. G. Alzar, M. A. G. Martinez, and P. Nussenzveig, “Classical analog of electromagnetically induced transparency,” Am. J. Phys. 70(1), 37–41 (2002). [CrossRef]
Q. F. Xu, S. Sandhu, M. L. Povinelli, J. Shakya, S. Fan, M. Lipson, and M. Lipson, “Experimental realization of an on-chip all-optical analogue to electromagnetically induced transparency,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96(12), 123901 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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P. Tassin, L. Zhang, Th. Koschny, E. N. Economou, and C. M. Soukoulis, “Planar designs for electromagnetically induced transparency in metamaterials,” Opt. Express 17(7), 5595–5605 (2009), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-7-5595 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
N. Papasimakis, V. A. Fedotov, N. I. Zheludev, and S. L. Prosvirnin, “Metamaterial analog of electromagnetically induced transparency,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 101(25), 253903 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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S.-Y. Chiam, R. Singh, C. Rockstuhl, F. Lederer, W. Zhang, and A. A. Bettiol, “Analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency in a terahertz metamaterial,” Phys. Rev. B 80(15), 153103 (2009). [CrossRef]
N. Liu, L. Langguth, T. Weiss, J. Kästel, M. Fleischhauer, T. Pfau, and H. Giessen, “Plasmonic analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency at the Drude damping limit,” Nat. Mater. 8(9), 758–762 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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V. M. Shalaev, W. Cai, U. K. Chettiar, H.-K. Yuan, A. K. Sarychev, V. P. Drachev, and A. V. Kildishev, “Negative index of refraction in optical metamaterials,” Opt. Lett. 30(24), 3356–3358 (2005). [CrossRef]
P. B. Johnson and R. W. Christy, “Optical constant of noble metals,” Phys. Rev. B 6(12), 4370–4379 (1972). [CrossRef]

Alzar, C. L. G.
Anker, J. N.
Behroozi, C. H.
Bettiol, A. A.
Cai, W.
Chettiar, U. K.
Chiam, S.-Y.
Christy, R. W.
Drachev, V. P.
Dutton, Z.
Economou, E. N.
Eigenthaler, U.
Fan, S.
Fedotov, V. A.
Fleischhauer, A.
Fleischhauer, M.
Genov, D. A.
Giessen, H.
Hall, W. P.
Hao, F.
Harris, S. E.
Hau, L. V.
Hirscher, M.
Imamoglu, A.
Jeppesen, C.
Johnson, P. B.
Kästel, J.
Kildishev, A. V.
Koschny, Th.
Kristensen, A.
Langguth, L.
Lederer, F.
Lipson, M.
Liu, C.
Liu, M.
Liu, N.
Lukin, M. D.
Lyandres, O.
Maier, S. A.
Mair, A.
Marangos, J. P.
Martinez, M. A. G.
Mesch, M.
Mortensen, N. A.
Moshchalkov, V. V.
Nordlander, P.
Nussenzveig, P.
O’Brien, S.
Oulton, R. F.
Papasimakis, N.
Pendry, J. B.
Pfau, T.
Phillips, D. F.
Povinelli, M. L.
Prosvirnin, S. L.
Rockstuhl, C.
Sandhu, S.
Sarychev, A. K.
Shah, N. C.
Shakya, J.
Shalaev, V. M.
Singh, R.
Sobhani, H.
Sonnefraud, Y.
Sönnichsen, C.
Soukoulis, C. M.
Tassin, P.
Thomas Zentgraf, S.
Van Dorpe, P.
Van Duyne, R. P.
Verellen, N.
Vuckovic, J.
Waks, E.
Walsworth, R. L.
Wang, Y.
Weiss, T.
Xu, Q. F.
Yuan, H.-K.
Zhang, L.
Zhang, S.
Zhang, W.
Zhang, X.
Zhao, J.
Zheludev, N. I.

Am. J. Phys.

C. L. G. Alzar, M. A. G. Martinez, and P. Nussenzveig, “Classical analog of electromagnetically induced transparency,” Am. J. Phys. 70(1), 37–41 (2002). [CrossRef]

Appl. Phys. Lett.

C. Jeppesen, N. A. Mortensen, and A. Kristensen, “Capacitance tuning of nanoscale split-ring resonators,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 95(19), 193108 (2009). [CrossRef]

J. Phys. Condens. Matter

S. O’Brien and J. B. Pendry, “Magnetic activity at infrared frequencies in structured metallic photonic crystals,” J. Phys. Condens. Matter 14, 6383 (2002). [CrossRef]

Nano Lett.

N. Verellen, Y. Sonnefraud, H. Sobhani, F. Hao, V. V. Moshchalkov, P. Van Dorpe, P. Nordlander, and S. A. Maier, “Fano resonances in individual coherent plasmonic nanocavities,” Nano Lett. 9(4), 1663–1667 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
N. Liu, T. Weiss, M. Mesch, L. Langguth, U. Eigenthaler, M. Hirscher, C. Sönnichsen, and H. Giessen, “Planar metamaterial analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency for plasmonic sensing,” Nano Lett. 10(4), 1103–1107 (2010). [CrossRef]

Nat. Mater.

N. Liu, L. Langguth, T. Weiss, J. Kästel, M. Fleischhauer, T. Pfau, and H. Giessen, “Plasmonic analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency at the Drude damping limit,” Nat. Mater. 8(9), 758–762 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. N. Anker, W. P. Hall, O. Lyandres, N. C. Shah, J. Zhao, and R. P. Van Duyne, “Biosensing with plasmonic nanosensors,” Nat. Mater. 7(6), 442–453 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Nature

L. V. Hau, S. E. Harris, Z. Dutton, and C. H. Behroozi, “Light speed reduction to 17 meters per second in an ultracold atomic gas,” Nature 397(6720), 594–598 (1999). [CrossRef]
C. Liu, Z. Dutton, C. H. Behroozi, and L. V. Hau, “Observation of coherent optical information storage in an atomic medium using halted light pulses,” Nature 409(6819), 490–493 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Express

P. Tassin, L. Zhang, Th. Koschny, E. N. Economou, and C. M. Soukoulis, “Planar designs for electromagnetically induced transparency in metamaterials,” Opt. Express 17(7), 5595–5605 (2009), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-7-5595 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

V. M. Shalaev, W. Cai, U. K. Chettiar, H.-K. Yuan, A. K. Sarychev, V. P. Drachev, and A. V. Kildishev, “Negative index of refraction in optical metamaterials,” Opt. Lett. 30(24), 3356–3358 (2005). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. B

P. B. Johnson and R. W. Christy, “Optical constant of noble metals,” Phys. Rev. B 6(12), 4370–4379 (1972). [CrossRef]
R. Singh, C. Rockstuhl, F. Lederer, and W. Zhang, “Coupling between a dark and a bright eigenmode in a terahertz metamaterial,” Phys. Rev. B 79(8), 085111 (2009). [CrossRef]
S.-Y. Chiam, R. Singh, C. Rockstuhl, F. Lederer, W. Zhang, and A. A. Bettiol, “Analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency in a terahertz metamaterial,” Phys. Rev. B 80(15), 153103 (2009). [CrossRef]
S. Thomas Zentgraf, S. Zhang, R. F. Oulton, and X. Zhang, “Ultranarrow coupling-induced transparency bands in hybrid plasmonic systems,” Phys. Rev. B 80(19), 195415 (2009). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

S. Zhang, D. A. Genov, Y. Wang, M. Liu, and X. Zhang, “Plasmon-induced transparency in metamaterials,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 101(4), 047401 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
P. Tassin, L. Zhang, Th. Koschny, E. N. Economou, and C. M. Soukoulis, “Low-loss metamaterials based on classical electromagnetically induced transparency,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 102(5), 053901 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
Q. F. Xu, S. Sandhu, M. L. Povinelli, J. Shakya, S. Fan, M. Lipson, and M. Lipson, “Experimental realization of an on-chip all-optical analogue to electromagnetically induced transparency,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96(12), 123901 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
E. Waks and J. Vuckovic, “Dipole induced transparency in drop-filter cavity-waveguide systems,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96(15), 153601 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
D. F. Phillips, A. Fleischhauer, A. Mair, R. L. Walsworth, and M. D. Lukin, “Storage of light in atomic vapor,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 86(5), 783–786 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
N. Papasimakis, V. A. Fedotov, N. I. Zheludev, and S. L. Prosvirnin, “Metamaterial analog of electromagnetically induced transparency,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 101(25), 253903 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Rev. Mod. Phys.

M. Fleischhauer, A. Imamoglu, and J. P. Marangos, “Electromagnetically induced transparency: Optics in coherent media,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 77(2), 633–673 (2005). [CrossRef]

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[1] M. Fleischhauer, A. Imamoglu, and J. P. Marangos, “Electromagnetically induced transparency: Optics in coherent media,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 77(2), 633–673 (2005). [CrossRef]

[2] L. V. Hau, S. E. Harris, Z. Dutton, and C. H. Behroozi, “Light speed reduction to 17 meters per second in an ultracold atomic gas,” Nature 397(6720), 594–598 (1999). [CrossRef]

[3] C. Liu, Z. Dutton, C. H. Behroozi, and L. V. Hau, “Observation of coherent optical information storage in an atomic medium using halted light pulses,” Nature 409(6819), 490–493 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[4] D. F. Phillips, A. Fleischhauer, A. Mair, R. L. Walsworth, and M. D. Lukin, “Storage of light in atomic vapor,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 86(5), 783–786 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[5] J. N. Anker, W. P. Hall, O. Lyandres, N. C. Shah, J. Zhao, and R. P. Van Duyne, “Biosensing with plasmonic nanosensors,” Nat. Mater. 7(6), 442–453 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[6] N. Liu, T. Weiss, M. Mesch, L. Langguth, U. Eigenthaler, M. Hirscher, C. Sönnichsen, and H. Giessen, “Planar metamaterial analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency for plasmonic sensing,” Nano Lett. 10(4), 1103–1107 (2010). [CrossRef]

[7] C. L. G. Alzar, M. A. G. Martinez, and P. Nussenzveig, “Classical analog of electromagnetically induced transparency,” Am. J. Phys. 70(1), 37–41 (2002). [CrossRef]

[8] Q. F. Xu, S. Sandhu, M. L. Povinelli, J. Shakya, S. Fan, M. Lipson, and M. Lipson, “Experimental realization of an on-chip all-optical analogue to electromagnetically induced transparency,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96(12), 123901 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[9] E. Waks and J. Vuckovic, “Dipole induced transparency in drop-filter cavity-waveguide systems,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96(15), 153601 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[10] S. Thomas Zentgraf, S. Zhang, R. F. Oulton, and X. Zhang, “Ultranarrow coupling-induced transparency bands in hybrid plasmonic systems,” Phys. Rev. B 80(19), 195415 (2009). [CrossRef]

[11] S. Zhang, D. A. Genov, Y. Wang, M. Liu, and X. Zhang, “Plasmon-induced transparency in metamaterials,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 101(4), 047401 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[12] P. Tassin, L. Zhang, Th. Koschny, E. N. Economou, and C. M. Soukoulis, “Low-loss metamaterials based on classical electromagnetically induced transparency,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 102(5), 053901 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[13] P. Tassin, L. Zhang, Th. Koschny, E. N. Economou, and C. M. Soukoulis, “Planar designs for electromagnetically induced transparency in metamaterials,” Opt. Express 17(7), 5595–5605 (2009), http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-7-5595 . [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[14] N. Papasimakis, V. A. Fedotov, N. I. Zheludev, and S. L. Prosvirnin, “Metamaterial analog of electromagnetically induced transparency,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 101(25), 253903 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[15] R. Singh, C. Rockstuhl, F. Lederer, and W. Zhang, “Coupling between a dark and a bright eigenmode in a terahertz metamaterial,” Phys. Rev. B 79(8), 085111 (2009). [CrossRef]

[16] S.-Y. Chiam, R. Singh, C. Rockstuhl, F. Lederer, W. Zhang, and A. A. Bettiol, “Analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency in a terahertz metamaterial,” Phys. Rev. B 80(15), 153103 (2009). [CrossRef]

[17] N. Liu, L. Langguth, T. Weiss, J. Kästel, M. Fleischhauer, T. Pfau, and H. Giessen, “Plasmonic analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency at the Drude damping limit,” Nat. Mater. 8(9), 758–762 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[18] N. Verellen, Y. Sonnefraud, H. Sobhani, F. Hao, V. V. Moshchalkov, P. Van Dorpe, P. Nordlander, and S. A. Maier, “Fano resonances in individual coherent plasmonic nanocavities,” Nano Lett. 9(4), 1663–1667 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[19] S. O’Brien and J. B. Pendry, “Magnetic activity at infrared frequencies in structured metallic photonic crystals,” J. Phys. Condens. Matter 14, 6383 (2002). [CrossRef]

[20] C. Jeppesen, N. A. Mortensen, and A. Kristensen, “Capacitance tuning of nanoscale split-ring resonators,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 95(19), 193108 (2009). [CrossRef]

[21] V. M. Shalaev, W. Cai, U. K. Chettiar, H.-K. Yuan, A. K. Sarychev, V. P. Drachev, and A. V. Kildishev, “Negative index of refraction in optical metamaterials,” Opt. Lett. 30(24), 3356–3358 (2005). [CrossRef]

[22] P. B. Johnson and R. W. Christy, “Optical constant of noble metals,” Phys. Rev. B 6(12), 4370–4379 (1972). [CrossRef]

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