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T1 - Near-Field Spectroscopy of Individual Asymmetric Split-Ring Terahertz Resonators
AU - Lu, Yuezhen
AU - Hale, Lucy L.
AU - Zaman, Abdullah M.
AU - Addamane, Sadhvikas J.
AU - Brener, Igal
AU - Mitrofanov, Oleg
AU - Degl’Innocenti, Riccardo
PY - 2023/8/31
Y1 - 2023/8/31
N2 - Metamaterial resonators have become an efficient and versatile platform in the terahertz frequency range, finding applications in integrated optical devices, such as active modulators and detectors, and in fundamental research, e.g., ultrastrong light-matter investigations. Despite their growing use, characterization of modes supported by these subwavelength elements has proven to be challenging and it still relies on indirect observation of the collective far-field transmission/reflection properties of resonator arrays. Here, we present a broadband time-domain spectroscopic investigation of individual metamaterial resonators via a THz aperture scanning near-field microscope (a-SNOM). The time-domain a-SNOM allows the mapping and quantitative analysis of strongly confined modes supported by the resonators. In particular, a cross-polarized configuration presented here allows an investigation of weakly radiative modes. These results hold great potential to advance future metamaterial-based optoelectronic platforms for fundamental research in THz photonics. [Abstract copyright: © 2023 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society.]
AB - Metamaterial resonators have become an efficient and versatile platform in the terahertz frequency range, finding applications in integrated optical devices, such as active modulators and detectors, and in fundamental research, e.g., ultrastrong light-matter investigations. Despite their growing use, characterization of modes supported by these subwavelength elements has proven to be challenging and it still relies on indirect observation of the collective far-field transmission/reflection properties of resonator arrays. Here, we present a broadband time-domain spectroscopic investigation of individual metamaterial resonators via a THz aperture scanning near-field microscope (a-SNOM). The time-domain a-SNOM allows the mapping and quantitative analysis of strongly confined modes supported by the resonators. In particular, a cross-polarized configuration presented here allows an investigation of weakly radiative modes. These results hold great potential to advance future metamaterial-based optoelectronic platforms for fundamental research in THz photonics. [Abstract copyright: © 2023 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society.]
U2 - 10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00527
DO - 10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00527
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37602291
VL - 10
SP - 2832
EP - 2838
JO - ACS Photonics
JF - ACS Photonics
SN - 2330-4022
IS - 8
ER -