Phonon mediated electromagnetically induced absorption in hybrid opto-electro mechanical systems

TL;DR

This paper predicts and analyzes the phenomenon of electromagnetically induced absorption (EIA) in hybrid opto-electro mechanical systems, highlighting its potential for photon switching and its distinct origin from atomic systems.

Contribution

It introduces the existence of EIA in OEMS, provides analytical expressions for its characteristics, and discusses its applicability in metamaterials and plasmonic structures.

Findings

EIA exists within the transparency window of OEMS.

Analytical results for EIA peak width and height are provided.

EIA can be realized in metamaterials and plasmonic structures.

Abstract

We predict the existence of the electromagnetically induced absorption (EIA) in the double cavity configurations of the hybrid opto-electro mechanical systems (OEMS). We discuss the origin of the EIA in OEMS which exhibit the existence of an absorption peak within the transparency window. We provide analytical results for the width and the height of the EIA peak. The combination of the EIT and EIA is especially useful for photon switching applications. The EIA that we discuss is different from the one originally discovered by Lezama et al in atomic systems and can be understood in terms of the dynamics of three coupled oscillators (rather than two) under different conditions on the relaxation parameters. The EIA we report can also be realized in metamaterials and plasmonic structures.