• 文献标题:   A Tunable Graphene 0-90 degrees Polarization Rotator Achieved by Sine Equation Voltage Adjustment
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DAI JS, WEI ZC, ZHAO L, LIN QY, LOU YY
  • 作者关键词:   tunable graphene, polarization rotator, radially polarization converter
  • 出版物名称:   NANOMATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2079-4991
  • 通讯作者地址:   South China Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.3390/nano9060849
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Polarization Manipulation has been widely used and plays a key role in wave propagation and information processing. Here, we introduce a polarization rotator in the terahertz range with a polarization conversion ratio up to 99.98% at 4.51 terahertz. It has a single graphene layer on top of the structure patterned by 45 degrees tilted space elliptical rings. By changing the Fermi level from 0.3 ev to 0.7 ev of the graphene, we can turn the reflective light polarization direction between 0 degrees to 90 degrees with nearly unique magnitude. Surface currents theories and graphene characteristics clarify the relationship between polarization angle and Fermi level to be a sine equation adjusted voltage. We firstly put forward an equation to thetunable graphene changing the reflective light polarization angle. It can be widely used in measurement, optic communication, and biology. Besides, with nearly the unique reflective light in different directions, the rotator is designed into a novel radially polarization converter. The latter can be switched from radially polarized light to linearly polarized light, and vice versa, in the terahertz region.