• 文献标题:   Graphene Plasmon Waveguiding and Hybridization in Individual and Paired Nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHRISTENSEN J, MANJAVACAS A, THONGRATTANASIRI S, KOPPENS FHL, DE ABAJO FJG
  • 作者关键词:   plasmonic, graphene plasmon, nanophotonic, waveguide, nanoribbon
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Southampton
  • 被引频次:   497
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn2037626
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Plasmons in doped graphene exhibit relatively large confinement and long lifetime compared to noble-metal plasmons. Here, we study the propagation properties of plasmons guided along individual and interacting graphene nanoribbons. Besides their tunability via electrostatic gating, an additional handle to control these excitations Is provided by the dielectric environment and the relative arrangement of the interacting waveguides. Plasmon interaction and hybridization in pairs of neighboring aligned ribbons are shown to be strong enough to produce dramatic modifications in the plasmon field profiles. We introduce a universal scaling law that considerably simplifies the analysis an understanding of these plasmons. Our work provides the building blocks to construct graphene plasmon circuits for future compact plasmon devices with potential application to optical signal processing, infrared sensing, and quantum information technology.