• 文献标题:   Drift-Induced Unidirectional Graphene Plasmons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MORGADO TA, SILVEIRINHA MG
  • 作者关键词:   plasmonic, nanophotonic, graphene, nonreciprocal photonic, optical isolation, unidirectional propagation
  • 出版物名称:   ACS PHOTONICS
  • ISSN:   2330-4022
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Coimbra
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsphotonics.8b00987
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Nonreciprocal photonic devices enable "one-way" light flows and are essential building blocks of optical systems. Here, we investigate an alternative paradigm to break reciprocity and achieve unidirectional subwavelength light propagation fully compatible with modern all-photonic highly integrated systems. In agreement with a few recent studies, our theoretical model predicts that a graphene sheet biased with a drift electric current has a strong nonreciprocal tunable response. Strikingly, we find that the propagation of the surface plasmon polaritons can be effectively "one-way" and may be largely immune to the backscattering from defects and obstacles. Furthermore, the drift-current biasing may boost the propagation length of the graphene plasmons by more than 100%. Our findings open new inroads in nonreciprocal photonics and offer a new opportunity to control the flow of light with one-atom thick nonreciprocal devices.