• 文献标题:   Tunable graphene-based plasmonic waveguides: nano modulators and nano attenuators
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LAO J, TAO J, WANG QJ, HUANG XG
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, surface plasmon, modulator, far infrared frequencie
  • 出版物名称:   LASER PHOTONICS REVIEWS
  • ISSN:   1863-8880 EI 1863-8899
  • 通讯作者地址:   S China Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   46
  • DOI:   10.1002/lpor.201300199
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

A modulation principle and method, the gate-voltage-controlled mode-guiding switching/mode-cutoff mechanism, is proposed and numerically investigated to achieve the modulation/attenuation function. The propagating attenuation of the graphene 2D waveguide as a function of the Fermi level of the cladding is analyzed. Different modes with low or high attenuations in a wide attenuation range have been observed. The proposed structure avoids the patterning on graphene or substrate, thus diminishing the energy scattering on the edges. It also has the advantages of large modulation depth/attenuation range, wide bandwidth, and sub-micrometer chip-length with a nanoscale lateral section, which is promising for future graphene-based integrated photonic devices.