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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 18, Iss. 16 — Aug. 2, 2010
  • pp: 17504–17509

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Low loss and magnetic field-tunable superconducting terahertz metamaterial

Biaobing Jin, Caihong Zhang, Sebastian Engelbrecht, Andrei Pimenov, Jingbo Wu, Qinyin Xu, Chunhai Cao, Jian Chen, Weiwei Xu, Lin Kang, and Peiheng Wu  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 16, pp. 17504-17509 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.017504


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Abstract

Superconducting terahertz (THz) metamaterial (MM) made from niobium (Nb) film has been investigated using a continuous-wave THz spectroscopy. The quality factors of the resonance modes at 0.132 THz and 0.418 THz can be remarkably increased when the working temperature is below the superconducting transition temperature of Nb, indicating that the use of superconducting Nb is a possible way to achieve low loss performance of a THz MM. In addition, the tuning of superconducting THz MM by a magnetic field is also demonstrated, which offers an alternative tuning method apart from the existing electric, optical and thermal tuning methods.

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OCIS Codes
(260.5740) Physical optics : Resonance
(160.3918) Materials : Metamaterials
(300.6495) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, teraherz

ToC Category:
Metamaterials

History
Original Manuscript: June 1, 2010
Revised Manuscript: July 14, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: July 23, 2010
Published: July 30, 2010

Citation
Biaobing Jin, Caihong Zhang, Sebastian Engelbrecht, Andrei Pimenov, Jingbo Wu, Qinyin Xu, Chunhai Cao, Jian Chen, Weiwei Xu, Lin Kang, and Peiheng Wu, "Low loss and magnetic field-tunable superconducting terahertz metamaterial," Opt. Express 18, 17504-17509 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-16-17504


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