Metamaterials based on intersubband polaritons

Author

Lee, Jeyull ; Chen, P.Y. ; Argyropoulos, Christos ; Alu, Andrea ; Belkin, Mikhail A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

16-21 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

382

Lastpage

384

Abstract

We will discuss metasurfaces based on strong coupling of quantum-engineered electron states in multi-quantum-well semiconductor structures and electromagnetic modes in plasmonic nanostructures. This concept allows for creating active, reconfigurable, and highly nonlinear polaritonic metamaterials. Experimental results on voltage-tunable spectral response and nonlinear optical response in these structures will be presented.

Keywords

nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; nonlinear optics; optical metamaterials; optical tuning; plasmonics; polaritons; quantum optics; semiconductor quantum wells; surface plasmons; electromagnetic modes; highly nonlinear polaritonic metamaterials; intersubband polaritons; metasurfaces; multiquantum-well semiconductor structures; nonlinear optical response; plasmonic nanostructures; quantum-engineered electron states; voltage-tunable spectral response; Frequency conversion; Metamaterials; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Quantum well devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics (METAMATERIALS), 2013 7th International Congress on

Conference_Location

Talence

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1229-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MetaMaterials.2013.6809060

Filename

6809060