DocumentCode
688743
Title
Active metamaterial diffraction grating
Author
Karl, N. ; Reichel, K. ; Chen, Hua-Tsung ; Taylor, Antoinette J. ; Brener, Igal ; Benz, Alexander ; Reno, John ; Mendis, Rajind ; Mittleman, Daniel M.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We design and test a switchable diffraction grating based on active metamaterials for terahertz modulation. We observe off-axis diffraction which permits operation of the device as a narrowband high-contrast modulator.
Keywords
diffraction gratings; microwave photonics; optical design techniques; optical metamaterials; optical modulation; optical testing; terahertz metamaterials; active metamaterial diffraction grating; narrowband high-contrast modulator; off-axis diffraction; switchable diffraction grating design; switchable diffraction grating testing; terahertz modulation; Diffraction; Laboratories; Metamaterials; Modulation; Optical diffraction; Optical pulses; Optical receivers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6833118
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