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Tunable electromagnetic chirality induced by graphene inclusions in multi-layered metamaterials

Optics 2013-10-24 v1

Abstract

We theoretically investigate the electromagnetic response of a novel class of multi-layered metamaterials obtained by alternating graphene sheets and dielectric layers, the whole structure not exhibiting a plane of reflection symmetry along the stacking direction. We show that the electromagnetic response of the structure is characterized by a magneto-electric coupling described by an effective chiral parameter. Exploiting the intrinsic tunability of the graphene-light coupling, we prove that one can tune both the dielectric and the chiral electromagnetic response by varying the graphene chemical potential through external voltage gating.

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@article{arxiv.1310.6174,
  title  = {Tunable electromagnetic chirality induced by graphene inclusions in multi-layered metamaterials},
  author = {Carlo Rizza and Elia Palange and Alessandro Ciattoni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.6174},
  year   = {2013}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures