• 文献标题:   Photonic band gap characteristics of one-dimensional graphene-dielectric periodic structures
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ALSHEQEFI FUY, BELHADJ W
  • 作者关键词:   photonic band gap pbg, graphene photonic crystal gpc, omnigap, transfer matrix method tmm, polarization splitter, stop filter
  • 出版物名称:   SUPERLATTICES MICROSTRUCTURES
  • ISSN:   0749-6036
  • 通讯作者地址:   Umm Al Qura Univ
  • 被引频次:   18
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.spmi.2015.09.009
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

In this paper, we study theoretically, the transmission properties of a one-dimensional graphene-dielectric periodic structure by using the transfer matrix method. Within the framework of this method, we confirm earlier finding that a periodic structure composed of a stack of monolayer graphene sheets separated by dielectric slabs, possesses photonic band-gap (PBG) properties and supports a series of bandpass and band-stop regions at low-terahertz frequencies. Our calculations showed that the suggested structure possesses in addition to the structural Bragg gaps, a new type of band gap that exhibits a rather versatile behavior with varying angle of incidence. We find this type of band gap is omnidirectional (omni-gap) for both transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) polarizations. Our results show that 1D graphene-dielectric periodic structures are very good candidates for band gap engineering. Specifically, we demonstrate the existence of a band gap region for both polarizations which survives for incident angles as high as 80. Moreover, we show how our proposed structure can also function as a highly efficient polarization splitter. It is also found that the band gaps can be tuned by tuning the properties of the graphene via a gate voltage. In order to investigate difference between the omni-gap and Bragg PBG, we plot the electromagnetic field profiles for some critical frequencies. The proposed structure is promising and can work as a gate tunable perfect stop filter which completely blocks both polarizations, and may have many other potential applications. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.