• 文献标题:   Nonlinear switching with a graphene coupler
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SMIRNOVA DA, GORBACH AV, IORSH IV, SHADRIVOV IV, KIVSHAR YS
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   Australian Natl Univ
  • 被引频次:   59
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.88.045443
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

We study nonlinear propagation of electromagnetic waves in two closely spaced graphene layers and demonstrate that this double-layer graphene waveguide can operate as an efficient nonlinear optical coupler for both continuous plasmons and for subwavelength spatial optical plasmon solitons. We analyze the nonlinearity-induced effects of light localization and symmetry breaking in such a graphene coupler, and predict that the interlayer power-dependent coupling provides a mechanism for optical beam control and manipulation at realistic input power levels.