• 文献标题:   Silicon waveguides with graphene: coupling of waveguide mode to surface plasmons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CTYROKY J, PETRACEK J, KUZMIAK V, KWIECIEN P, RICHTER I
  • 作者关键词:   silicon photonic, electrooptic modulation, graphene, surface plasmon
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF OPTICS
  • ISSN:   2040-8978 EI 2040-8986
  • 通讯作者地址:   CAS Inst Photon Elect
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1088/2040-8986/aba965
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Silicon waveguides with graphene layers have been recently intensively studied for their potential as fast and low-power electro-optic modulators with small footprints. In this paper we show that in the optical wavelength range of 1.55 mu m, surface plasmons supported by the graphene layer with the chemical potential exceeding similar to 0.5 eV can couple with the guided mode of the silicon waveguide and affect its propagation. On the other hand, this effect might be possibly utilized in technical applications like a very low-power amplitude modulation, temperature sensing, etc.