Frequency-selective terahertz wave amplification by a time-boundary-engineered Huygens metasurface
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| author | Deng, Fu Zhu, Fengjie Zhou, Xiaoyue Chan, Yi Wu, Jingbo Zhang, Caihong Jin, Biaobing Li, Jensen Fan, Kebin Zhang, Jingdi |
| author_facet | Deng, Fu Zhu, Fengjie Zhou, Xiaoyue Chan, Yi Wu, Jingbo Zhang, Caihong Jin, Biaobing Li, Jensen Fan, Kebin Zhang, Jingdi |
| contents | Ultrafast manipulation of optical resonance can establish the time-boundary effect in time-variant media leading to a new degree of freedom for coherent control of electromagnetic waves. Here, we demonstrate that a free-standing all dielectric Huygens metasurface of degenerate electric and magnetic resonances can prompt the broadband near-unity transmission in its static state, whereas it enables wave amplification in the presence of time boundary. The time boundary is realized by femtosecond laser excitations that transiently inject free carriers into the constituent meta-atoms for dynamic removal of a pre-established two-fold degeneracy. We observe that the transmittance in the photo-excited Huygens metasurface can exceed unity transmittance, i.e., THz wave amplification, by a factor over 20% in intensity at frequencies tunable by varying the arrival of time boundary with respect to that of the seed terahertz pulse. By numerical simulations and analysis with time-dependent coupled mode theory, we show that the wave amplification results from the ultrafast Q-switching and shift in resonant frequencies. This work demonstrates a new approach to achieve tunable amplification in an optical microcavity by exploiting the concept of time-variant media and the unique electromagnetic properties of Huygens metasurface. |
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| spellingShingle | Frequency-selective terahertz wave amplification by a time-boundary-engineered Huygens metasurface Deng, Fu Zhu, Fengjie Zhou, Xiaoyue Chan, Yi Wu, Jingbo Zhang, Caihong Jin, Biaobing Li, Jensen Fan, Kebin Zhang, Jingdi Optics Ultrafast manipulation of optical resonance can establish the time-boundary effect in time-variant media leading to a new degree of freedom for coherent control of electromagnetic waves. Here, we demonstrate that a free-standing all dielectric Huygens metasurface of degenerate electric and magnetic resonances can prompt the broadband near-unity transmission in its static state, whereas it enables wave amplification in the presence of time boundary. The time boundary is realized by femtosecond laser excitations that transiently inject free carriers into the constituent meta-atoms for dynamic removal of a pre-established two-fold degeneracy. We observe that the transmittance in the photo-excited Huygens metasurface can exceed unity transmittance, i.e., THz wave amplification, by a factor over 20% in intensity at frequencies tunable by varying the arrival of time boundary with respect to that of the seed terahertz pulse. By numerical simulations and analysis with time-dependent coupled mode theory, we show that the wave amplification results from the ultrafast Q-switching and shift in resonant frequencies. This work demonstrates a new approach to achieve tunable amplification in an optical microcavity by exploiting the concept of time-variant media and the unique electromagnetic properties of Huygens metasurface. |
| title | Frequency-selective terahertz wave amplification by a time-boundary-engineered Huygens metasurface |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.03069 |