• 文献标题:   Active Control of Graphene-Based Unidirectional Surface Plasmon Launcher
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BAO YJ, ZU S, ZHANG YF, FANG ZY
  • 作者关键词:   surface plasmon polaritons spps, unidirectional spp launcher, graphene device, reflective antenna pair rap, effective circuit model
  • 出版物名称:   ACS PHOTONICS
  • ISSN:   2330-4022
  • 通讯作者地址:   Peking Univ
  • 被引频次:   37
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00182
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

The manipulation of surface plasmon polariton (SPP) propagation is a basic subject for the realization of novel optical devices. Although the unidirectional SPP launcher has been demonstrated, it has been difficult to realize active control suitable for device applications. Here, we propose a graphene device with electrically controllable propagation of SPPs. The source/drain electrode of this device is made of a reflective antenna pair structure, with its optical resonance controlled by the corresponding applied voltage. With appropriate source and drain bias, this device can serve as a good unidirectional SPP launcher, with a high extinction ratio over 2000 and generation efficiency of 0.38. The electrical control allows us to tune the propagation of SPPs with significant flexibility, which may be used for future novel plasmonic devices and photonic circuits.