• 文献标题:   Adiabatic transfer of surface plasmons in non-Hermitian graphene waveguides
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KE SL, ZHAO D, LIU QJ, LIU WW
  • 作者关键词:   waveguide, subwavelength structure, plasmonic
  • 出版物名称:   OPTICAL QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
  • ISSN:   0306-8919 EI 1572-817X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Huazhong Univ Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1007/s11082-018-1661-3
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

We investigate the energy transfer of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) based on adiabatic passage in a non-Hermitian waveguide composed of three coupled graphene sheets. The SPPs can completely transfer between two outer waveguides via the adiabatic dark mode as the waveguides are lossless and the coupling length is long enough. However, the loss of graphene can lead to breakdown of adiabatic transfer schemes. By utilizing the coupled mode theory, we propose three approaches to cancel the nonadiabatic coupling by adding certain gain or loss in respect waveguides. Moreover, the coupling length of waveguide is remarkably decreased. The study may find interesting application in optical switches on a deep-subwavelength scale.