Hyunseung Jung

Anisotropy Modeling of Terahertz Metamaterials: Polarization Dependent Resonance Manipulation by Meta-Atom Cluster

Recently metamaterials have inspired worldwide researches due to their exotic properties in transmitting, reflecting, absorbing or refracting specific electromagnetic waves. Most metamaterials are known to have anisotropic properties, but existing anisotropy models are applicable only to a single meta-atom and its properties. Here we propose an anisotropy model for asymmetrical meta-atom clusters and their polarization dependency. The proposed anisotropic meta-atom clusters show a unique resonance property in which their frequencies can be altered for parallel polarization, but fixed to a single resonance frequency for perpendicular polarization. The proposed anisotropic metamaterials are expected to pave the way for novel optical systems.

Frequency tunable terahertz filter based on dual layered split-ring resonator array

Terahertz frequency tunable filter based on the dual layered split-ring resonator (SRR) array was fabricated on flexible polyimide film using conventional photolithography techniques. The fabricated SRR array was measured by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) and compared with the simulation data. We found that the center frequency could be controlled from 1.04 to 1.65 THz by the dipole coupling effect between upper and lower SRR layers. The bandwidth of the fabricated filter is also confirmed to be tuned validly ranging from 1.04 to 1.72 THz. By using the extracted field distribution, we verified that the localized field enhancement could be manipulated by changing the coupling distance between adjacent layers.

Electromagnetic dipole coupling mechanism in layered terahertz metamaterials

Interplay between adjacent dipoles is an experimental priori for designing artificially-engineered structure because the dipole coupling is one critical factor for determining the electromagnetic response in metamaterials. Although numerous investigations have been performed to study the coupling effect of the split-ring resonator (SRR), the interlayer dipole coupling of its complementary SRR, called C-SRR, has been largely unexplored. Here, we present experimental and theoretical investigations on the electromagnetic coupling effect in the two stacks of layered C-SRR structures. By adjusting the relative lateral distance between the two-dimensionally stacked meta-structures, we observe that the confined magnetic dipole plays an important role in determining the resonance frequency and the bandwidth broadening of the C-SRR, exhibiting an exactly opposite behavior to the SRR structure. Our investigation provides experimental basis for developing frequency tunable three-dimensional metamaterial devices.

Control over Electron–Phonon Interaction by Dirac Plasmon Engineering in the Bi2Se3 Topological Insulator

Understanding the mutual interaction between electronic excitations and lattice vibrations is key for understanding electronic transport and optoelectronic phenomena. Dynamic manipulation of such interaction is elusive because it requires varying the material composition on the atomic level. In turn, recent studies on topological insulators (TIs) have revealed the coexistence of a strong phonon resonance and topologically protected Dirac plasmon, both in the terahertz (THz) frequency range. Here, using these intrinsic characteristics of TIs, we demonstrate a new methodology for controlling electron-phonon interaction by lithographically engineered Dirac surface plasmons in the Bi2Se3 TI. Through a series of time-domain and time-resolved ultrafast THz measurements, we show that, when the Dirac plasmon energy is less than the TI phonon energy, the electron-phonon coupling is trivial, exhibiting phonon broadening associated with Landau damping. In contrast, when the Dirac plasmon energy exceeds that of the phonon resonance, we observe suppressed electron-phonon interaction leading to unexpected phonon stiffening. Time-dependent analysis of the Dirac plasmon behavior, phonon broadening, and phonon stiffening reveals a transition between the distinct dynamics corresponding to the two regimes as the Dirac plasmon resonance moves across the TI phonon resonance, which demonstrates the capability of Dirac plasmon control. Our results suggest that the engineering of Dirac plasmons provides a new alternative for controlling the dynamic interaction between Dirac carriers and phonons.

Wireless chemical sensor system based on electromagnetically energy-harvesting metamaterials (Conference Presentation)

In the past decade, there have been many studies on metamaterial based chemical and biological sensors due to their exotic resonance properties in microwave ranges. However, in spite of their non-destructive and highly sensitive properties, they have suffered from the use of bulky and expensive external measurement systems like a network analyzer for measuring resonance properties in the microwave regime. In this study, to increase accessibility of the metamaterial-based sensors, we propose a novel wireless chemical sensor system based on energy harvesting metamaterials at the microwave frequencies. The proposed metamaterial chemical sensor consists of a single split ring resonator and rectifier circuit to harvest the energy at the specific frequency, so that the chemical composition of the specific solution can be distinguished by the proposed metamaterial sensor by using the resonance property between the source antenna and the metamaterial which induces the variation in the energy harvesting rate of our sensor system. In our experimental setup, we used a 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi system as a source antenna. To verify the chemical sensitivity of the proposed sensor intuitively, we adopted a light emitting diode as an indicator of which luminescence is proportional to the energy harvesting rate determined by the ratio of ethanol and water in their binary mixture. With these results, it can be expected that our metamaterial-based wireless sensor can pave the way to the miniaturized wireless sensor systems and can be applied to not only for the chemical fluidic sensors but also for other dynamic environment sensing systems.

Electrical stability of power efficient half corbino hydrogenated amorphous silicon thin-film transistors

In this paper, we study the electrical properties and current-temperature stress (CTS) induced electrical instability of half Corbino and fork-shaped hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) thin-film transistors (TFTs) fabricated on the same substrate. The influence on overall electrical properties of the threshold voltage shift of half Corbino a-Si:H TFT is discussed in comparison to fork-shaped a-Si:H TFT. The results indicate that half Corbino a-Si:H TFT has improved ON-current levels and electrical stability in comparison to fork-shaped a-Si:H TFT with the similar structural dimension. # 2011 The Japan Society of Applied Physics

Electrically Controllable Molecularization of Terahertz Meta‐Atoms

Active control of metamaterial properties is critical for advanced terahertz (THz) applications. However, the tunability of THz properties, such as the resonance frequency and phase of the wave, remains challenging. Here, a new device design is provided for extensively tuning the resonance properties of THz metamaterials. Unlike previous approaches, the design is intended to control the electrical interconnections between the metallic unit structures of metamaterials. This strategy is referred to as the molecularization of the meta-atoms and is accomplished by placing graphene bridges between the metallic unit structures whose conductivity is modulated by an electrolyte gating. Because of the scalable nature of the molecularization, the resonance frequency of the terahertz metamaterials can be tuned as a function of the number of meta-atoms constituting a unit metamolecule. At the same time, the voltage-controlled molecularization allows delicate control over the phase shift of the transmitted THz, without changing the high transmission of the materials significantly.

Synthetic Multi-Spectral Material Filter Based on Terahertz Metamaterial Combined with Thin-Film Etalon Structure

In this paper, we demonstrate a numerical and experimental study of novel synthetic multi-spectral material (SMM) filters for visible and terahertz ranges. The proposed filter is based on double-layered complementary split ring resonators (CSRRs) combine with a thin-film etalon structure. The fabricated SMM filter can be fully the fabricated by conventional photolithography process to be confirmed to work as the transmissive color filter as well as the polarization dependent terahertz filter.

Tunable Bandwidth of Flexible Far-Infrared Filter using Metamaterial based Split-Ring Resonators

In this paper, we present numerical and experimental studies of bandwidth tunable metamaterials using an overlap distance manipulation. Micro scale split-ring resonator (SRR) arrays were fabricated and characterized on the flexible polyimide films. We confirmed that the stop bandwidth of the fabricated far-infrared (Far-IR) filter can be tunable from 0.85 to 1.95 THz by longitudinal electric couplings between top and bottom SRRs as expected from simulation results.

Electrical stabilities of half-Corbino thin-film transistors with different gate geometries

In this study, the bias-temperature stress and current-temperature stress induced by the electrical stabilities of half-Corbino hydrogenated-amorphous-silicon (a-Si:H) thin-film transistors (TFTs) with different gate electrode geometries fabricated on the same substrate were examined. The influence of the gate pattern on the threshold voltage shift of the half-Corbino a-Si:H TFTs is discussed in this paper. The results indicate that the half-Corbino a-Si:H TFT with a patterned gate electrode has enhanced power efficiency and improved aperture ratio when compared with the half-Corbino a-Si:H TFT with an unpatterned gate electrode and the same source/drain electrode geometry.