On-chip broadband plasmon-induced transparency based on plasmonic metal-insulator-metal waveguides

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates a novel on-chip broadband plasmon-induced transparency (PIT) in metal-insulator-metal waveguides, enabling tunable transparency for applications in sensing, filtering, and slow light.

Contribution

It introduces a simple, gap-free MIM waveguide structure for broadband PIT with tunable transparency, advancing on-chip plasmonic device capabilities.

Findings

Broadband PIT achieved in MIM waveguides.

Tunable transparency window from narrow to broadband.

Potential for on-chip sensing, filtering, and slow light applications.

Abstract

As an analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT), plasmon-induced transparency (PIT) has been realized both in plasmonic metamaterial and waveguide structures. Via near-field coupling within unit cells, PIT with broadband could be produced by plasmonic metamaterials, which, however, has not been realized in on-chip plasmonic waveguide structures. Here, we introduce broadband PIT based on a plasmonic metal-insulator-metal (MIM) waveguide system. Utilizing the direct coupling structure, PIT emerges based on an easy-fabricated structure without gap. By tuning coupling distance, the transparent window can be continuously tuned from narrow- to broadband. Such device is promising for on-chip applications on sensing, filtering and slow light over a broad frequency range.