title: Hybridization induced transparency in composites of metamaterials and atomic media.
abstract: We report hybridization induced transparency (HIT) in a composite medium consisting of a metamaterial and a dielectric. We develop an analytic model that explains HIT by coherent coupling between the hybridized local fields of the metamaterial and the dielectric or an atomic system in general. In a proof-of-principle experiment, we evidence HIT in a split ring resonator metamaterial that is coupled to α-lactose monohydrate. Both, the analytic model and numerical calculations confirm and explain the experimental observations. HIT can be considered as a hybrid analogue to electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) and plasmon-induced transparency (PIT).
authors: Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, University of Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schroedinger-Strasse, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Weis
authors: Juan Luis
authors: JL
authors: Garcia-Pomar
authors: René
authors: R
authors: Beigang
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Rahm