Title :
Diffractive coupling engineered sharp LC resonance in terahertz metamaterials
Author :
Singh, Ranjan ; Rockstuhl, Carsten ; Zhang, Weili
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK, USA
Abstract :
We show that the fundamental LC resonance has its highest quality (Q) factor for a period matching the resonance wavelength in the substrate material. This occurs due to the simultaneous excitation of the lowest order diffraction mode.
Keywords :
Q-factor; diffraction gratings; metamaterials; optical couplers; diffractive coupling; period matching; quality factor; resonance wavelength; sharp LC resonance; simultaneous excitation; substrate material; terahertz metamaterials; Arrays; Couplings; Lattices; Metals; Metamaterials; Q factor; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
