Applied Physics A

, Volume 116, Issue 2, pp 799–804 | Cite as

Electromagnetically induced transparency and slow light in a simple complementary metamaterial constructed by two bright slot-structures

  • X. J. He
  • T. Y. Li
  • L. Wang
  • J. M. Wang
  • X. H. Tian
  • J. X. Jiang
  • Z. X. Geng
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Abstract

We numerically demonstrate a plasmonic analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency in a simple complementary metamaterial, the unit cell of which consists of two bright slot-structures in a homogenous gold film deposited on a glass substrate. A pronounced transparency peak within a broad reflectance resonance spectrum is activated through the coupling in the asymmetric elements when the symmetry of two slot-structures is broken. Moreover, the strength and width of the reflectance transparency peak can be tuned by controlling the asymmetric degree or spacing of two slot-structures. In addition, the presence of the reflectance transparency window is also accompanied by slow-light effect, where its group velocity is reduced by a factor of over 100. Therefore, this complementary metamaterial could have the potential applications in slow-light and filtering devices.

Keywords

Reflectance Peak Electromagnetically Induce Transparency Group Index Transparency Window Dark Mode 
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Acknowledgments

The work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51005001), the Postdoctoral Science-Research Developmental Foundation of Heilongjiang Province (LBH-Q11082), the Youth Academic Backbone Support Plan of Heilongjiang Province Ordinary College (2013) and Science Funds for the Young Innovative Talents of HUST (2011).

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Authors and Affiliations

  • X. J. He
    • 1
  • T. Y. Li
    • 1
  • L. Wang
    • 1
  • J. M. Wang
    • 1
  • X. H. Tian
    • 1
  • J. X. Jiang
    • 2
  • Z. X. Geng
    • 3
  1. 1.Department of Electronic Science and TechnologyHarbin University of Science and TechnologyHarbinChina
  2. 2.Department of Applied PhysicsHarbin University of Science and TechnologyHarbinChina
  3. 3.School of Information EngineeringMinzu University of ChinaBeijingChina

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