• 文献标题:   Photoexcited Graphene Metasurfaces: Significantly Enhanced and Tunable Magnetic Resonances
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   FAN YC, SHEN NH, ZHANG FL, ZHAO Q, WEI ZY, ZHANG P, DONG JJ, FU QH, LI HQ, SOUKOULIS CM
  • 作者关键词:   graphene plasmonic, terahertz metamaterial, magnetic resonance, gain, loss compensation, surface conductivity
  • 出版物名称:   ACS PHOTONICS
  • ISSN:   2330-4022
  • 通讯作者地址:   Northwestern Polytech Univ
  • 被引频次:   45
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsphotonics.8b00057
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Artificially constructed metamaterials or meta surfaces with tailored resonant elements provide a revolutionary platform for controlling light at the subwavelength scale. Switchable or frequency-agile meta-devices are highly desirable in achieving more flexible functionalities and have been explored extensively by incorporating various materials, which respond to external stimuli. Graphene, a two-dimensional material showing extraordinary physical properties, has been found very promising for tunable meta-devices. However, the high intrinsic loss of graphene severely obstructs us from achieving high-quality resonance in various graphene metamaterials and metasurfaces, and the loss compensation can be considered as a straightforward strategy to take further advantages of enhanced light graphene interactions. Here, we demonstrate that the photoexcited graphene, in which the quasi-Fermi energy of graphene changes corresponding to optical pumping, can boost the originally extremely weak magnetic resonance in a graphene split-ring metasurface, showing remarkable modulations in the transmission. Our work pioneers the possibilities of optically pumped graphene metasurfaces for significant enhancement of resonances and feasible modulations.