Dynamical Metamaterials at Terahertz Frequencies
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Averitt, R.D.; Chen, H.-T.; Taylor, A.J.; Highstrete, C.; Lee, M.; Padilla, W.J.
- Source
- LEOS 2006 - 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE. :480-481 Oct, 2006
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Metamaterials
Frequency
Magnetic materials
Magnetic resonance
Gallium arsenide
Optical materials
Spectroscopy
Optical pulses
Laboratories
Optical ring resonators
- Language
- ISSN
- 1092-8081
Utilizing terahertz time domain spectroscopy, we characterized the electromagnetic response of planar Split Ring Resonators fabricated on GaAs. Optical excitation is sufficient to turn off the electric resonance demonstrating the potential of SRR terahertz switches. Other aspects of active control of metamaterials will also be discussed.