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Resonance Bandwidth Controllable Adjustment of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency-like Using Terahertz Metamaterial

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In the fields of communication and sensing, resonance bandwidth is a very critical index. It is very meaningful to implement a broadband resonance device with a simple metamaterial structure in the terahertz band. In this paper, we propose a simple metamaterial structure which consists of one horizontal metal strip and two vertical metal strips. This structure can achieve an electromagnetically induced transparency-like (EIT-like) effect in the frequency range of 0.1~3.0 THz to obtain a transparent window with a resonance bandwidth as high as 1.212 THz. When the relative distance between two vertical metal strips is changed, the bandwidth can be effectively controlled. Furthermore, we found that the EIT-like effect can be actively adjusted by replacing vertical metal strips with photosensitive silicon.

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This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11647143), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu (BK20160189), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2019 M651692), Jiangsu Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2018K113C), and Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities (JUSRP51721B).

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    Yuanhao He, Ben-Xin Wang & Pengcheng Lou

  2. Key Laboratory of Optical System Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun Institute of Optics, Changchun, 130033, China

    Nianxi Xu, Xiaoyi Wang & Yanchao Wang

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He, Y., Wang, BX., Lou, P. et al. Resonance Bandwidth Controllable Adjustment of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency-like Using Terahertz Metamaterial. Plasmonics 15, 1997–2002 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-020-01228-1

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