title: Classical analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency with a metal-superconductor hybrid metamaterial.
abstract: Metamaterials are engineered materials composed of small electrical circuits producing novel interactions with electromagnetic waves. Recently, a new class of metamaterials has been created to mimic the behavior of media displaying electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). Here we introduce a planar EIT metamaterial that creates a very large loss contrast between the dark and radiative resonators by employing a superconducting Nb film in the dark element and a normal-metal Au film in the radiative element. Below the critical temperature of Nb, the resistance contrast opens up a transparency window along with a large enhancement in group delay, enabling a significant slowdown of waves. We further demonstrate precise control of the EIT response through changes in the superfluid density. Such tunable metamaterials may be useful for telecommunication because of their large delay-bandwidth products.
authors.affiliation: Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA.
authors.forename: Cihan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kurter
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tassin
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koschny
authors.forename: Alexander P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Zhuravel
authors.forename: Alexey V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Ustinov
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Anlage
authors.forename: Costas M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Soukoulis