• DocumentCode
    121258
  • Title

    Enhanced electro-optic switching characteristics using mems based terahertz metamaterial

  • Author

    Pitchappa, Prakash ; Chong Pei Ho ; Yu-Sheng Lin ; Chengkuo Lee

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    17-21 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    37
  • Lastpage
    38
  • Abstract
    We present a design approach to achieve enhanced electro-optic switching characteristics using micro-electro-mechanically reconfigurable metamaterial by increasing the number of movable cantilevers in metamaterial unit cell. When the number of movable cantilevers is increased from one to two, the switching contrast improved by 5 times at 0.7 THz.
  • Keywords
    cantilevers; electro-optical switches; terahertz metamaterials; MEMS; electro-optic switching characteristics; frequency 0.7 THz; microelectro-mechanically reconfigurable metamaterial; movable cantilevers; switching contrast; terahertz metamaterial; Decision support systems; Micromechanical devices; Nanophotonics; MEMS; Terahertz; electro-optic switch; metamaterial; stress beam;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2014 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Glasgow
  • ISSN
    2160-5033
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-9928-4140-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OMN.2014.6924507
  • Filename
    6924507