Polarization dependent state to polarization independent state change in THz metamaterials

W. M. Zhu; A. Q. Liu; W. Zhang; J. F. Tao; T. Bourouina; J. H. Teng; X. H. Zhang; Q. Y. Wu; H. Tanoto; H. C. Guo; G. Q. Lo; D. L. Kwong

doi:10.1063/1.3664131

Polarization dependent state to polarization independent state change in THz metamaterials

W. M. Zhu, A. Q. Liu, W. Zhang, J. F. Tao, T. Bourouina, J. H. Teng, X. H. Zhang, Q. Y. Wu, H. Tanoto, H. C. Guo, G. Q. Lo, D. L. Kwong

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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrated a polarization dependent state to polarization independent state change in terahertz (THz) metamaterials. This is accomplished by reconfiguring the lattice structure of metamaterials from 2-fold to 4-fold rotational symmetry by using micromachined actuators. In experiment, it measures resonance frequency shift of 25.8 and 12.1 for TE and TM polarized incidence, respectively. Furthermore, single-band to dual-band switching is also demonstrated. Compared with the previous reported tunable metamaterials, lattice reconfiguration promises not only large tuning range but also changing of polarization dependent states, which can be used in photonic devices such as sensors, optical switches, and filters.

Original language	English
Article number	221102
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	99
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3664131
Publication status	Published - 28 Nov 2011
Externally published	Yes

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