• 文献标题:   Terahertz polarization-insensitive and all-optical tunable filter using Kerr effect in graphene disks arrays
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   TABATABAEI F, BIABANIFARD M, ABRISHAMIAN MS
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, terahertz filter, kerr effect, harmonic balance method, circuit model, disks array
  • 出版物名称:   OPTIK
  • ISSN:   0030-4026
  • 通讯作者地址:   KN Toosi Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   22
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.ijleo.2018.11.103
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

In this paper, we propose and investigate a novel terahertz all-optical tunable filter comprised of arrays of graphene microdisks deposited on a dielectric substrate. The proposed filter exhibits a wide-angle response and also due to the symmetric structure is polarization-insensitive. The transmission line theory (TLT) using the circuit model of graphene disks arrays consists of parallel series R-L-C is exploited to investigate the structure for various lattice fill-factor and chemical potential. The results obtained via this approach show excellent agreement with the results of a second different method using the Full-wave numerical modeling. The novel proposed TLT method using an easy to implement MATLAB code takes advantage of extremely short computational time (less than a few seconds) along with a significant reduction in the required memory in comparison to the Full-wave simulations. In addition, the Kerr nonlinearity is studied through the harmonic balance method in steady-state regime. Our investigation reveals that a linear Red-shift occurs in the transmission spectra as the intensity of incident light increases. The proposed filter has potential applications in spectral imaging, communication systems and all-optical switching in the terahertz band.