Weis, P.P.WeisGarcia-Pomar, L.L.Garcia-PomarBeigang, R.R.BeigangRahm, M.M.Rahm2022-03-042022-03-042011https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/22615210.1364/OE.19.023573We 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).enterahertz spectroscopycoupled resonatorsmetamaterialcoherent optical effect621journal article