Controlling terahertz radiation with nanoscale metal barriers embedded in nano slot antennas

Hyeong Ryeol Park; Young Mi Bahk; Kwang Jun Ahn; Q. Han Park; Dai Sik Kim; Luis Martín-Moreno; Francisco J. García-Vidal; Jorge Bravo-Abad

doi:10.1021/nn2031885

Controlling terahertz radiation with nanoscale metal barriers embedded in nano slot antennas

Hyeong Ryeol Park, Young Mi Bahk, Kwang Jun Ahn, Q. Han Park, Dai Sik Kim, Luis Martín-Moreno, Francisco J. García-Vidal, Jorge Bravo-Abad

Department of Physics

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

28 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Nanoscale metallic barriers embedded in terahertz (THz) slot antennas are shown to provide unprecedented control of the transition state arising at the crossover between the full- and half-wavelength resonant modes of such antennas. We demonstrate strong near-field coupling between two paired THz slot antennas separated by a 5 nm wide nanobarrier, almost fully inducing the shift to the resonance of the double-length slot antenna. This increases by a factor of 50 the length-scale needed to observe similar coupling strengths in conventional air-gap antennas (around 0.1 nm), making the transition state readily accessible to experiment. Our measurements are in good agreement with a quantitative theoretical modeling, which also provides a simple physical picture of our observations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8340-8345
Number of pages	6
Journal	ACS nano
Volume	5
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nn2031885
Publication status	Published - 2011 Oct 25

Keywords

nanoparticle detection
paired antenna
subskin depth barrier
terahertz nano slot antenna
terahertz spectroscopy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Materials Science(all)
Engineering(all)
Physics and Astronomy(all)

Access to Document

10.1021/nn2031885

Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'Controlling terahertz radiation with nanoscale metal barriers embedded in nano slot antennas'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this

@article{df6af2767d384ce684bcd5d910ab2088,

title = "Controlling terahertz radiation with nanoscale metal barriers embedded in nano slot antennas",

abstract = "Nanoscale metallic barriers embedded in terahertz (THz) slot antennas are shown to provide unprecedented control of the transition state arising at the crossover between the full- and half-wavelength resonant modes of such antennas. We demonstrate strong near-field coupling between two paired THz slot antennas separated by a 5 nm wide nanobarrier, almost fully inducing the shift to the resonance of the double-length slot antenna. This increases by a factor of 50 the length-scale needed to observe similar coupling strengths in conventional air-gap antennas (around 0.1 nm), making the transition state readily accessible to experiment. Our measurements are in good agreement with a quantitative theoretical modeling, which also provides a simple physical picture of our observations.",

keywords = "nanoparticle detection, paired antenna, subskin depth barrier, terahertz nano slot antenna, terahertz spectroscopy",

author = "Park, {Hyeong Ryeol} and Bahk, {Young Mi} and Ahn, {Kwang Jun} and Park, {Q. Han} and Kim, {Dai Sik} and Luis Mart{\'i}n-Moreno and Garc{\'i}a-Vidal, {Francisco J.} and Jorge Bravo-Abad",

year = "2011",

month = oct,

day = "25",

doi = "10.1021/nn2031885",

language = "English",

volume = "5",

pages = "8340--8345",

journal = "ACS Nano",

issn = "1936-0851",

publisher = "American Chemical Society",

number = "10",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Controlling terahertz radiation with nanoscale metal barriers embedded in nano slot antennas

AU - Park, Hyeong Ryeol

AU - Bahk, Young Mi

AU - Ahn, Kwang Jun

AU - Park, Q. Han

AU - Kim, Dai Sik

AU - Martín-Moreno, Luis

AU - García-Vidal, Francisco J.

AU - Bravo-Abad, Jorge

PY - 2011/10/25

Y1 - 2011/10/25

N2 - Nanoscale metallic barriers embedded in terahertz (THz) slot antennas are shown to provide unprecedented control of the transition state arising at the crossover between the full- and half-wavelength resonant modes of such antennas. We demonstrate strong near-field coupling between two paired THz slot antennas separated by a 5 nm wide nanobarrier, almost fully inducing the shift to the resonance of the double-length slot antenna. This increases by a factor of 50 the length-scale needed to observe similar coupling strengths in conventional air-gap antennas (around 0.1 nm), making the transition state readily accessible to experiment. Our measurements are in good agreement with a quantitative theoretical modeling, which also provides a simple physical picture of our observations.

AB - Nanoscale metallic barriers embedded in terahertz (THz) slot antennas are shown to provide unprecedented control of the transition state arising at the crossover between the full- and half-wavelength resonant modes of such antennas. We demonstrate strong near-field coupling between two paired THz slot antennas separated by a 5 nm wide nanobarrier, almost fully inducing the shift to the resonance of the double-length slot antenna. This increases by a factor of 50 the length-scale needed to observe similar coupling strengths in conventional air-gap antennas (around 0.1 nm), making the transition state readily accessible to experiment. Our measurements are in good agreement with a quantitative theoretical modeling, which also provides a simple physical picture of our observations.

KW - nanoparticle detection

KW - paired antenna

KW - subskin depth barrier

KW - terahertz nano slot antenna

KW - terahertz spectroscopy

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80054976664&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=80054976664&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1021/nn2031885

DO - 10.1021/nn2031885

M3 - Article

C2 - 21961910

AN - SCOPUS:80054976664

VL - 5

SP - 8340

EP - 8345

JO - ACS Nano

JF - ACS Nano

SN - 1936-0851

IS - 10

ER -