Induced transparency by coupling of Tamm and defect states in tunable terahertz plasmonic crystals

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 925-930

  Dyer, Gregory C ^a   Aizin, Gregory R ^b   Allen, S James ^c   Grine, Albert D ^a   Bethke, Don ^a   Reno, John L ^a   Shaner, Eric A ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SURFACES; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY PHENOMENON; INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; METAL ELECTRODES; PLASMONIC CRYSTALS; PRECISE CONTROL; REPEATED UNIT CELLS; SUB-WAVELENGTH;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFECTS; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON GAS; METAMATERIALS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SURFACE STATES;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84887073558     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.252     Document Type: Article

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