• 文献标题:   Extreme and Quantized Magneto-optics with Graphene Meta-atoms and Metasurfaces
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HADAD Y, DAVOYAN AR, ENGHETA N, STEINBERG BZ
  • 作者关键词:   nonreciprocity, graphene, faraday effect, quasistatic resonator, optical nanodevice
  • 出版物名称:   ACS PHOTONICS
  • ISSN:   2330-4022
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tel Aviv Univ
  • 被引频次:   27
  • DOI:   10.1021/ph500278w
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Graphene-a naturally occurring two-dimensional material with unique optical and electronic properties-serves as a platform for novel terahertz applications and miniaturized systems with new capabilities. Recent discoveries of unusual quantum magneto-transport and high magneto-optical activity in strong magnetic fields make graphene a potential candidate for nonreciprocal photonics. Here we propose a paradigm of a flatland graphene-based metasurface in which an extraordinary and quantized magneto-optical activity at terahertz and infrared is attained at low, on-chip-compatible, magnetizations (similar to 0.2-0.3 T). The proposed system essentially breaks the tight linkage between the strength of the magnetic biasing and the resulting magneto-optical response. We design a system extremely sensitive to the quantized spectrum of graphene Landau levels and predict up to 90 degrees of Faraday rotation with just a single sheet of graphene. We also demonstrate how to resolve the quantum resonances at the macroscopic level in the far-field. Our results not only are of a fundamental interest, but, as we discuss, pave a way to conceptually new capabilities in a range of applications, including sensing, terahertz nanophotonics, and even cryptography.