• 文献标题:   Tunable terahertz optical bistability and multistability in photonic metamaterial multilayers containing nonlinear dielectric slab and graphene sheet
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WEN CP, LIU W, WU JW
  • 作者关键词:   metamaterial, multilayer structure, nonlinear phenomenon, hysteresis behavior
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS AMATERIALS SCIENCE PROCESSING
  • ISSN:   0947-8396 EI 1432-0630
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chongqing Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1007/s00339-020-03606-2
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

In this study, optical bistability and multistability phenomena are numerically investigated in the terahertz frequency domain based on the quasiperiodic photonic metamaterial multilayers, in which both the regular positive index and special negative index materials are artificially arranged, according to the interesting Fibonacci sequence structure. In order to obtain the tunable bistability and multibistability behaviors, the Kerr-type nonlinear dielectric layer and graphene sheet are sandwiched between two Fibonacci quasiperiodic one-dimensional photonic crystals. Results show that the intensity-dependent hysteresis curves including bistability and multistability are thoroughly discussed by judiciously changing the systematical parameters such as the frequency of incident wave, thickness of each layer, incident angle, as well as the chemical potential of graphene which can produce strong influences on the switch-up/down threshold values and widths of hysteresis loops.