Strong coupling of molecular and mid-infrared perfect absorber resonances

Joshua A. Mason; Graham Allen; Viktor A. Podolskiy; Daniel Wasserman

doi:10.1109/LPT.2011.2171942

Strong coupling of molecular and mid-infrared perfect absorber resonances

Joshua A. Mason, Graham Allen, Viktor A. Podolskiy, Daniel Wasserman

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Abstract

We demonstrate strong coupling between a mid-infrared perfect absorber and a molecular absorption resonance embedded in our absorber structure. Anti-crossing behavior is demonstrated as the perfect absorber resonance is tuned through the molecular absorption line, both experimentally and numerically, and is described analytically using a simple coupled harmonic oscillator model. Excellent agreement between experimental, numerical, and analytical results are shown. Such devices offer potential for mid-infrared sensing systems and actively tunable perfect absorber devices.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	6045316
Pages (from-to)	31-33
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	24
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2011.2171942
State	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Chemical sensing
Mid-infrared
Perfect absorber
Strong coupling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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