• 文献标题:   Nonlinear manipulation of surface plasmons on graphene-TMDC Bragg reflectors
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DAVOODI F, GRANPAYEH N
  • 作者关键词:   bragg grating, surface plasmon, nonlinear optic, nonlinear optical materials device, optical switche
  • 出版物名称:   OPTICAL QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
  • ISSN:   0306-8919 EI 1572-817X
  • 通讯作者地址:   KN Toosi Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1007/s11082-018-1716-5
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

In this study, we benefit from the nonlinear optical tunability of the graphene-transition metal dichalcogenide (G-TMDC) heterostructure and the strong confinement of the electromagnetic fields of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) on graphene in order to propose a highly tunable nonlinear optical Bragg reflector. Recently, two-dimensional (2D) TMDCs are the subject of intense researches because of their nonlinear optical properties at near infrared wavelengths which are very intriguing for various optical applications. We choose two kinds of 2D-TMDCs, MoSe2 and WSe2, with the strongest second order optical nonlinearity at near infrared range to properly design the periodic variation of the propagating SPP waves on the graphene layer. We utilize theoretical method of quantum electrostatic heterostructure to compute the dielectric function of graphene-TMDCs. Different nonlinearities of two TMDCs lead to noticeable tuning of the full width at half maximum (FWHM) and the central Bragg wavelength of the reflector which let design various optical devices. We design an add/drop filter, a nonlinear switch, and an AND/OR optical logic gate based on our proposed Bragg reflector. Our finite difference time domain numerical and transfer matrix analytical results reveal that by increment of the optical intensity up to 6MW/cm(2) which is below the pulse damage threshold of graphene, due to the second order nonlinearity, a 10-nm red-shift in central Bragg wavelength is observed and the 20-nm FWHM at linear regime decreases to 1.5nm. The SPP intensities of 0.8MW/cm(2) and 1.53MW/cm(2) fulfill the requirements for AND and OR logical operations with 57 and 66.51dB extinction ratios, respectively.