An electrically tunable metasurface integrated with graphene for mid-infrared light modulation
We propose a low-cost plasmonic metasurface integrated with single-layer graphene for dynamic modulation of midinfrared light. The plasmonic metasurface is composed of an array of split magnetic resonators（MRs） where a nano slit is included. Extraordinary optical transmission（EOT） through the deep s...
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| Published in | Chinese physics B Vol. 26; no. 11; pp. 180 - 185 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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01.11.2017
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| Summary: | We propose a low-cost plasmonic metasurface integrated with single-layer graphene for dynamic modulation of midinfrared light. The plasmonic metasurface is composed of an array of split magnetic resonators（MRs） where a nano slit is included. Extraordinary optical transmission（EOT） through the deep subwavelength slit is observed by excitation of magnetic plasmons in the split MRs. Furthermore, the introduction of the slit provides strongly enhanced fields around the graphene layer, leading to a large tuning effect on the EOT by changing the Fermi energy of the graphene. The proposed metasurface can be utilized as an optical modulator with a broad modulation width（15 μm） or an optical switch with a high on/off ratio（〉 100）. Meanwhile, the overall thickness of the metasurface is 430 nm, which is tens of times smaller than the operating wavelength. This work may have potential applications in mid-infrared optoelectrical devices and give insights into reconfigurable flat optics and optoelectronics. |
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| Bibliography: | metasurface graphene optical modulator magnetic plasmon Zongpeng Wang1, Ya Deng2, LianFeng Sun2（ 1 State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China ; 2National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100871, China） We propose a low-cost plasmonic metasurface integrated with single-layer graphene for dynamic modulation of midinfrared light. The plasmonic metasurface is composed of an array of split magnetic resonators（MRs） where a nano slit is included. Extraordinary optical transmission（EOT） through the deep subwavelength slit is observed by excitation of magnetic plasmons in the split MRs. Furthermore, the introduction of the slit provides strongly enhanced fields around the graphene layer, leading to a large tuning effect on the EOT by changing the Fermi energy of the graphene. The proposed metasurface can be utilized as an optical modulator with a broad modulation width（15 μm） or an optical switch with a high on/off ratio（〉 100）. Meanwhile, the overall thickness of the metasurface is 430 nm, which is tens of times smaller than the operating wavelength. This work may have potential applications in mid-infrared optoelectrical devices and give insights into reconfigurable flat optics and optoelectronics. 11-5639/O4 |
| ISSN: | 1674-1056 2058-3834 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1674-1056/26/11/114101 |