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Manipulation of subwavelength objects by engineering the electromagnetic waves in the environment medium is pivotal for several particle handling techniques. In this letter, we theoretically demonstrate the possibility of engineering a…

Optics · Physics 2022-09-14 Hernán Ferrari , Carlos J. Zapata-Rodríguez , Mauro Cuevas

Adoption of terahertz technologies is hindered by the lack of cost-effective THz sources. Here we demonstrate a fundamentally new way to generate and control THz radiation, via spatio-temporal emissivity modulation. By patterning the…

We theoretically and numerically demonstrate an actively tunable slow light in a hybrid metal-graphene metamaterial in the terahertz (THz) regime. In the unit cell, the near field coupling between the metallic elements including the bright…

The concept and analysis of a Terahertz (THz) frequency-reconfigurable antenna using graphene are presented. The antenna exploits dipole-like plasmonic resonances that can be frequency-tuned on large range via the electric field effect in a…

Graphene exhibits unique material properties and in electromagnetic wave technology, it raises the prospect of devices miniaturized down to the atomic length scale. Here we study split-ring resonator metamaterials made from graphene and we…

In this work, we investigated graphene hypersurface (HSF) for the manipulation of THz waves. The graphene HSF structure is consists of a periodic array of graphene unit cells deposited on silicon substrate and terminated by a metallic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-05 Sasmita Dash , Christos Liaskos , Ian F. Akyildiz , Andreas Pitsillides

Switchable metamaterials offer unique solutions for efficiently manipulating electromagnetic waves, particularly for terahertz waves, which has been difficult since naturally occurring materials rarely respond to terahertz frequencies…

For optical communication, information is converted between optical and electrical signal domains at a high rate. The devices to achieve such a conversion are various types of electro-optical modulators and photodetectors. These two types…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-18 Nathan Youngblood , Yoska Anugrah , Rui Ma , Steven J. Koester , Mo Li

Graphene has unique properties paving the way for groundbreaking future applications. Its large optical nonlinearity and ease of integration in devices notably makes it an ideal candidate to become a key component for all-optical switching…

Exploration of optical non-linear response of graphene predominantly relies on ultra-short time domain measurements. Here we propose an alternate technique that uses frequency modulated continuous wavefront optical fields, thereby probing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-18 Ashutosh Singh , Saikat Ghosh , Amit Agarwal

Reflectarrays composed of resonant microstrip gold patches on a dielectric substrate are demonstrated for operation at terahertz frequencies. Based on the relation between the patch size and the reflection phase, a progressive phase…

Precise control and nanoscale confinement of terahertz (THz) fields are essential requirements for emerging applications in photonics, quantum technologies, wireless communications, and sensing. Here, we demonstrate a polaritonic cavity…

We are demonstrating the optical control of a specific state of the germanium telluride (GeTe) phase change material and its integration as control element for realizing extremely efficient optically reconfigurable THz devices. The…

Epitaxial graphene mesas and ribbons are investigated using terahertz (THz) nearfield microscopy to probe surface plasmon excitation and THz transmission properties on the sub-wavelength scale. The THz near-field images show variation of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Oleg Mitrofanov , Wenlong Yu , Robert J. Thompson , Yuxuan Jiang , Igal Brener , Wei Pan , Claire Berger , Walter A. de Heer , Zhigang Jiang

We study the interaction between polarized terahertz (THz) radiation and micro-structured large-area graphene in transmission geometry. In order to efficiently couple the radiation into the two-dimensional material, a lateral periodic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-06 C. Sorger , S. Preu , J. Schmidt , S. Winnerl , Y. V. Bludov , N. M. R. Peres , M. I. Vasilevskiy , H. B. Weber

Graphene is a unique platform for tunable opto-electronic applications thanks to its linear band dispersion, which allows electrical control of resonant light-matter interactions. Tuning the nonlinear optical response of graphene is…

Metamaterial photonic integrated circuits with arrays of hybrid graphene-superconductor coupled split-ring resonators (SRR) capable of modulating and slowing down terahertz (THz) light are introduced and proposed. The hybrid device optical…

The modulation depth of 2-D electron gas (2DEG) based THz modulators using AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructures with metal gates is inherently limited to < 30%. The metal gate not only attenuates the THz signal (> 90%) but also severely degrades…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-19 Berardi Sensale-Rodriguez , Tian Fang , Rusen Yan , Michelle M. Kelly , Debdeep Jena , Lei Liu , Huili , Xing

Strong-field mid-infrared pump--terahertz (THz) probe spectroscopy has been proven as a powerful tool for light control of different orders in strongly correlated materials. We report the construction of an ultrafast broadband infrared…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-10-10 S. J. Zhang , Z. X. Wang , T. Dong , N. L. Wang

Sub-wavelength graphene structures support localized plasmonic resonances in the terahertz and mid-infrared spectral regimes. The strong field confinement at the resonant frequency is predicted to significantly enhance the light-graphene…