High-efficiency terahertz surface plasmon metacoupler empowered by bilayer bright–dark mode coupling

Zhibo Yao; Xinyao Yuan; Yuanhao Lang; Fu Li; Xiaohan Jiang; Xueqian Zhang; Quan Xu; Yanfeng Li; Jiaguang Han

doi:10.1364/PRJ.525303

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 11, 2495(2024)

High-efficiency terahertz surface plasmon metacoupler empowered by bilayer bright–dark mode coupling

Zhibo Yao¹, Xinyao Yuan¹, Yuanhao Lang¹, Fu Li¹, Xiaohan Jiang¹, Xueqian Zhang¹, Quan Xu^1,3、*, Yanfeng Li^1,4、*, and Jiaguang Han^1,2,5、*

Author Affiliations

¹Center for Terahertz Waves and College of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University and Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Information and Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin 300072, China

²Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing, School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China

³e-mail: quanxu@tju.edu.cn

⁴e-mail: yanfengli@tju.edu.cn

⁵e-mail: jiaghan@tju.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Surface Optics and Plasmonics

Received: Apr. 1, 2024

Accepted: Jun. 19, 2024

Published Online: Oct. 25, 2024

The Author Email: Quan Xu (quanxu@tju.edu.cn), Yanfeng Li (yanfengli@tju.edu.cn), Jiaguang Han (jiaghan@tju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.525303

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