Colorful Resonant Coupling

Scientists actively control strongly coupled plasmonic resonators.
Scientists actively control strongly coupled plasmonic resonators.
Image credit: Gregory C. Dyer, Sandia National Laboratory

This image represents the far infrared energy absorbed by a pair of plasmonic resonators embedded in a semiconductor. When the adjacent plasmonic resonators are independently tuned, a complex pattern of absorption peaks emerges indicating strong resonant coupling.

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