研究目的
To demonstrate active control of the EIT resonance in a terahertz hybrid metal-graphene metamaterial for slow light applications.
研究成果
The work demonstrates active control of the EIT resonance strength in a bi-layer metal-based metamaterial working at terahertz regime by integrating an unpatterned monolayer graphene onto the dark mode resonators. The active modulation is attributed to the increase in the damping rate of the dark mode caused by the actively controllable conductivity of the graphene. The hybrid metamaterial can exhibit active control of the slow-light effect through shifting the Fermi energy of graphene, showing great promising in designing compact slow-light devices.
研究不足
The scalability of the tunable approaches is limited due to the frequency-dependent linear properties of the active materials or complex structures for massive fabrication. The introduction of residues and impurities during patterning graphene significantly degrades the conductivity of graphene, and edge defects in the patterned graphene structure can deteriorate effective carrier mobilities of the graphene.