Tunable negative permeability in a quantum plasmonic metamaterial

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Main Authors: McEnery, K. R., Tame, M. S., Maier, S. A., Kim, M. S.
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author McEnery, K. R.
Tame, M. S.
Maier, S. A.
Kim, M. S.
author_facet McEnery, K. R.
Tame, M. S.
Maier, S. A.
Kim, M. S.
contents We consider the integration of quantum emitters into a negative permeability metamaterial design in order to introduce tunability as well as nonlinear behavior. The unit cell of our metamaterial is a ring of metamolecules, each consisting of a metal nanoparticle and a two-level semiconductor quantum dot (QD). Without the QDs, the ring of the unit cell is known to act as an artificial optical magnetic resonator. By adding the QDs we show that a Fano interference profile is introduced into the magnetic field scattered from the ring. This induced interference is shown to cause an appreciable effect in the collective magnetic resonance of the unit cell. We find that the interference provides a means to tune the response of the negative permeability metamaterial. The exploitation of the QD's inherent nonlinearity is proposed to modulate the metamaterial's magnetic response with a separate control field.
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spellingShingle Tunable negative permeability in a quantum plasmonic metamaterial
McEnery, K. R.
Tame, M. S.
Maier, S. A.
Kim, M. S.
Quantum Physics
Optics
We consider the integration of quantum emitters into a negative permeability metamaterial design in order to introduce tunability as well as nonlinear behavior. The unit cell of our metamaterial is a ring of metamolecules, each consisting of a metal nanoparticle and a two-level semiconductor quantum dot (QD). Without the QDs, the ring of the unit cell is known to act as an artificial optical magnetic resonator. By adding the QDs we show that a Fano interference profile is introduced into the magnetic field scattered from the ring. This induced interference is shown to cause an appreciable effect in the collective magnetic resonance of the unit cell. We find that the interference provides a means to tune the response of the negative permeability metamaterial. The exploitation of the QD's inherent nonlinearity is proposed to modulate the metamaterial's magnetic response with a separate control field.
title Tunable negative permeability in a quantum plasmonic metamaterial
topic Quantum Physics
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.5402