Electrically tunable mid-infrared extraordinary optical transmission gratings

Author

Wasserman, D. ; Shaner, E.A. ; Cederberg, J.G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Appl. Phys., Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Active control over the resonant frequency of a surface plasmon excitation is demonstrated. Tunable semiconductor-based extraordinary optical transmission gratings were fabricated, designed for transmission between 7 and 10 mum, showing a tuning range of over 25 cm^-1.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; diffraction gratings; field effect transistors; gallium arsenide; infrared spectra; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical tuning; permittivity; surface plasmon resonance; GaAs; dielectric constant; extraordinary transmission field effect transistor; mid-infrared transmission; optical tuning; resonant frequency; semiconductors; surface plasmon excitation; tunable extraordinary optical transmission gratings; wavelength 7 mum to 10 mum; Gallium arsenide; Gratings; High speed optical techniques; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Optical tuning; Plasmons; Resonance; (240.6680) Surface plasmons; (250.5403) Plasmonics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4571598