Ultrafast Modulation of THz Waves Based on MoTe[sub.2]-Covered Metasurface

The sixth generation (6G) communication will use the terahertz (THz) frequency band, which requires flexible regulation of THz waves. For the conventional metallic metasurface, its electromagnetic properties are hard to be changed once after being fabricated. To enrich the modulation of THz waves, w...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2023-01, Vol.23 (3)
Main Authors: Xu, Xing, Lou, Jing, Gao, Mingxin, Wu, Shiyou, Fang, Guangyou, Huang, Yindong
Format: Article
Language:English
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Electric waves
Electromagnetic radiation
Electromagnetic waves
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Summary:The sixth generation (6G) communication will use the terahertz (THz) frequency band, which requires flexible regulation of THz waves. For the conventional metallic metasurface, its electromagnetic properties are hard to be changed once after being fabricated. To enrich the modulation of THz waves, we report an all-optically controlled reconfigurable electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) effect in the hybrid metasurface integrated with a 10-nm thick MoTe[sub.2] film. The experimental results demonstrate that under the excitation of the 800 nm femtosecond laser pulse with pump fluence of 3200 μJ/cm[sup.2], the modulation depth of THz transmission amplitude at the EIT window can reach 77%. Moreover, a group delay variation up to 4.6 ps is observed to indicate an actively tunable slow light behavior. The suppression and recovery of the EIT resonance can be accomplished within sub-nanoseconds, enabling an ultrafast THz photo-switching and providing a promising candidate for the on-chip devices of the upcoming 6G communication.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s23031174