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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
