Title :
Terahertz plasmonic structures based on metal-insulator phase transition materials
Author :
Wang, Changlei ; Tian, Zhen ; Xing, Qirong ; Liu, Feng ; Li, Yanfeng ; Chai, Lu ; Wang, Chingyue
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Opto-Electron. Inf. & Tech. Sci. (Minist. of Educ.), Tianjin Univ., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate thermally tunable plasmonic structures base on a metal-insulator transition material with active control over their resonant transmission induced by surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs). The THz transmission property is found to be strongly dependent on the external excitations.
Keywords :
metal-insulator transition; plasmonics; surface plasmons; terahertz wave spectra; external excitations; metal-insulator phase transition materials; resonant transmission; surface plasmon polaritons; terahertz plasmonic structures; terahertz transmission property; thermally tunable plasmonic structures; Arrays; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Surface waves; Temperature measurement; Yttrium barium copper oxide;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6655-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612815