Hybridization Induced Transparency in composites of metamaterials and atomic media

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates hybridization induced transparency (HIT) in a composite of metamaterials and atomic media, supported by an analytic model, experiments, and numerical calculations, revealing a new form of transparency akin to EIT and PIT.

Contribution

It introduces and explains HIT in metamaterial-atomic media composites through an analytic model and experimental validation, expanding the understanding of transparency phenomena.

Findings

HIT observed in metamaterial-dielectric composites

Analytic model explains coherent coupling mechanism

Experimental and numerical results confirm HIT

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 \alpha-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).