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The propagation of electromagnetic waves along the surface of a nonlinear dielectric covered by a graphene layer is investigated. The main result is that such a surface can support and stabilize nonlinear transverse electric (TE) plasmon…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-30 Yuliy V. Bludov , Daria A. Smirnova , Yuri S. Kivshar , Nuno M. R. Peres , Mikhail I. Vasilevskiy

We present a theoretical framework for nonlinear optics of graphene and other 2D materials in layered structures. We derive a key equation to find the effective electric field and the sheet current density in the 2D material for given…

Optics · Physics 2018-12-27 J. L. Cheng , J. E. Sipe , N. Vermeulen , C. Guo

We consider the optical properties of finite systems composed of a series of graphene sheets separated by thin dielectric layers. Because these systems respond as conductors to electric fields in the plane of the graphene sheets and as…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-02 Ashley M DaSilva , You-Chia Chang , Ted Norris , Allan H MacDonald

We study optical coefficients that characterize wave propagation through layered structures called plasmonic crystals. These consist of a finite number of stacked metallic sheets embedded in dielectric hosts with a subwavelength spacing. By…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-26 Matthias Maier , Mitchell Luskin , Dionisios Margetis

The concept, analysis, and design of series switches for graphene-strip plasmonic waveguides at near infrared frequencies are presented. Switching is achieved by using graphene's field effect to selectively enable or forbid propagation on a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-09-03 J. S. Gomez-Diaz , J. Perruisseau-Carrier

It is shown that a graphene layer on top of a dielectric slab can dramatically influence the ability of this dielectric for radiative heat exchange. Effect of graphene is related to thermally excited plasmons. Frequency of these resonances…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-09-04 V. B. Svetovoy , P. J. van Zwol , J. Chevrier

Interactions between localized plasmons in proximal nanostructures is a well-studied phenomenon. Here we explore plasmon plasmon interactions in connected extended systems. Such systems can now be easily produced using graphene.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-07 Daniel Rodrigo , Tony Low , Damon B. Farmer , Hatice Altug , Phaedon Avouris

Collective excitations of coupled electron-phonon systems are calculated for both monolayer and bilayer graphene, taking into account the non-perturbative Coulomb coupling between electronic excitations in graphene and the substrate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-11-12 E. H. Hwang , Rajdeep Sensarma , S. Das Sarma

We report the dispersion measurements, using angle-resolved reflection electron-energy-loss-spectroscopy (AREELS), on two-dimensional (2D) plasmons in single and multilayer graphene which couple strongly to surface optical phonon (FK…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-05-03 Yu Liu , Roy F. Willis

Graphene supports surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) with extreme field confinement and electrical tunability, but these waves are typically short-lived due to ohmic loss in the sheet. We show that embedding graphene in an active dielectric…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-24 Andrianos Sygrimis , Giorgos P. Tsironis

We calculate the linear transverse current current response function for graphene at finite temperature and chemical potential. Within the Random Phase Approximation, we then discuss general aspects of transverse plasmons beyond the local…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-12 A. Gutiérrez-Rubio , T. Stauber , F. Guinea

Plasmonics takes advantage of the collective response of electrons to electromagnetic waves, enabling dramatic scaling of optical devices beyond the diffraction limit. Here, we demonstrate the mid-infrared (4 to 15 microns) plasmons in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-16 Hugen Yan , Tony Low , Wenjuan Zhu , Yanqing Wu , Marcus Freitag , Xuesong Li , Francisco Guinea , Phaedon Avouris , Fengnian Xia

We study analytically the plasmonic modes in the graphene-coated dielectric nanowire, based on the explicit form of nonlinear surface conductivity of graphene. The propagation constants of different plasmonic modes can be tuned by the input…

Optics · Physics 2016-10-26 Rujiang Li , Xiao Lin , Hongsheng Chen , Shisheng Lin , Xianmin Zhang , Erping Li

Plasmons, which are collective charge oscillations, offer the potential to use optical signals in nano-scale electric circuits. Recently, plasmonics using graphene have attracted interest, particularly because of the tunable plasmon…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 N. Kumada , S. Tanabe , H. Hibino , H. Kamata , M. Hashisaka , K. Muraki , T. Fujisawa

Graphene, a two-dimensional material with a high mobility and a tunable conductivity, is uniquely suited for plasmonics. The frequency dispersion of plasmons in bulk graphene has been studied both theoretically and experimentally, whereas…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Jared H. Strait , Parinita S. Nene , Wei-Min Chan , Christina Manolatou , Joshua W. Kevek , Sandip Tiwari , Paul L. McEuen , Farhan Rana

Graphene offers a possibility for actively controlling plasmon confinement and propagation by tailoring its spatial conductivity pattern. However, implementation of this concept has been hampered because uncontrollable plasmon reflection is…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-11-21 Ngoc Han Tu , Katsumasa Yoshioka , Satoshi Sasaki , Makoto Takamura , Koji Muraki , Norio Kumada

The interaction of light with matter has triggered the interest of scientists for long time. The area of plasmonics emerges in this context through the interaction of light with valence electrons in metals. The random phase approximation in…

Optics · Physics 2017-04-07 Marios Mattheakis , Giorgos P. Tsironis , Efthimios Kaxiras

In this paper, we analytically study Surface Plasmon Polaritons (SPPs) in graphene-based cylindrical structures with gyroelectric layers. In the general waveguide, each graphene layer is surrounded by two various gyro-electric materials.…

Optics · Physics 2022-01-26 Mohammad Bagher Heydari

Placing graphene on uniaxial substrates may have interesting application potential for graphene-based photonic and optoelectronic devices. Here we analytically derive the dispersion relation for graphene plasmons on uniaxial substrates and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 I. Arrazola , R. Hillenbrand , A. Yu. Nikitin

A variety of different graphene plasmonic structures and devices have been proposed and demonstrated experimentally. Plasmon modes in graphene microstructures interact strongly via the depolarization fields. An accurate quantitative…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 Parinita Nene , Jared H. Strait , Wei-Min Chan , Christina Manolatou , Joshua W. Kevek , Sandip Tiwari , Paul L. McEuen , Farhan Rana