Implementation of selective controlling electromagnetically induced transparency in terahertz graphene metamaterial

A terahertz electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) metamaterial, consisting of single-layer graphene cut wire resonator arrays with closely placed graphene closed ring resonator arrays, was designed and numerically investigated in this paper. A distinct transparency window resulting from the near field coupling between two resonators can be obtained in the transmission spectrum. More importantly, since two resonator elements of all unit cells connect respectively with the corresponding metallic pads (Pad 1 and Pad 2) by the separated graphene wires, the location and amplitude of the transparency window, and the associated group delay and delay bandwidth product can be actively controlled by the selective doping graphene. Moreover, compared with other separated graphene patterns, a more convenient and fast modulation can be realized by applying gate bias voltage. In addition, a two-particle model was employed to theoretically study EIT behaviors of the graphene metamaterial with different doping states, and the analytic results agree excellently with our numerical results. Therefore, the work could offer a new platform for exploring actively tunable slow light terahertz devices such as modulators, buffers, and optical delays. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.