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In this paper we propose and discuss coherent terahertz sources based on charge density wave (plasmon) amplification in two dimensional graphene. The coupling of the plasmons to interband electron-hole transitions in population inverted…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Farhan Rana

The properties of surface plasmons localized at the interface between graphene and kerr-type nonlinear medium in three dimensions are investigated. Compared with surface plasmons at the surface of metal, with the inevitable nonlinear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Lei Wang , Wei Cai , Xinzheng Zhang , F. J. Garcia de Abajo , Jingjun Xu

An acoustic plasmonic mode in a graphene-dielectric-metal heterostructure has recently been spotlighted as a superior platform for strong light-matter interaction. It originates from the coupling of graphene plasmon with its mirror image…

Graphene-based plasmonic devices are regarded to be suitable for a plethora of applications, ranging from mid-infrared to terahertz frequencies. In this regard, among the peculiarities associated with graphene, it is well known that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-24 Karina A. Guerrero-Becerra , Remo Proietti Zaccaria

Tunability of the surface plasmon resonance wavelength is demonstrated by varying the thickness of Al2O3 spacer layer inserted between the graphene and nanoparticles. By varying the spacer layer thickness from 0.3 to 1.8 nm, the resonance…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-11 Jing Niu , Young Jun Shin , Youngbin Lee , Jong-Hyun Ahn , Hyunsoo Yang

We study the potential of graphene plasmons for spectrometer-free sensing based on surface-enhanced infrared absorption and Raman scattering. The large electrical tunability of these excitations enables an accurate identification of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-08 Andrea Marini , Iván Silveiro , F. Javier García de Abajo

High-performance sealing materials that can guard key components against high pressure gases and liquid chemicals while withstanding mechanical deformation are of utmost importance in a number of industries. In this present work, graphene…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-12-02 Mufeng Liu , Pietro Cataldi , Robert J. Young , Dimitrios G. Papageorgiou , Ian A. Kinloch

Surface plasmon polaritons (plasmons) are a combination of light and a collective oscillation of the free electron plasma at metal-dielectric interfaces. This interaction allows sub-wavelength confinement of light, beyond the diffraction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-09-27 Reinier W. Heeres , Leo P. Kouwenhoven , Valery Zwiller

Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are nanoscale structures of graphene with quantum properties and edge effects that give photoluminescence properties. The effect of quantum confinement and differences in the nature of GQD structure makes its…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-12-21 Setianto , I Made Joni

We describe an all-fiber nonlinear interferometer based on four-wave mixing in highly nonlinear fiber. Our configuration realizes phase-sensitive interference with 97% peak visibility and >90% visibility over a broad 554 GHz optical band.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-28 Joseph M. Lukens , Raphael C. Pooser , Nicholas A. Peters

The interaction between doped graphene nanoislands connected by narrow junctions constitutes an ideal testbed to probe quantum effects in plasmonic systems. Here, the interaction between graphene plasmons in neighboring nanoislands is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-11 Sukosin Thongrattanasiri , Alejandro Manjavacas , Peter Nordlander , F. Javier Garcia de Abajo

A theory of the nonlinear plasma waves in graphene is developed in the nonperturbative regime. The influence of strong electric fields on the position and linewidth of plasma resonances in the far-infrared transmission experiments, as well…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-31 S. A. Mikhailov

Owing to its peculiar energy dispersion, the quantum capacitance property of graphene can be exploited in a two-dimensional layered capacitor configuration. Using graphene and boron nitride respectively as the electrodes and the insulating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-19 Sina Khorasani , Akshay Koottandavida

Although massless Dirac fermions in graphene constitute a centrosymmetric medium for in-plane excitations, their second-order nonlinear optical response is nonzero if the effects of spatial dispersion are taken into account. Here we present…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-07 Yongrui Wang , Mikhail Tokman , Alexey Belyanin

Here we present an all-optical plasmon coupling scheme, utilising the intrinsic nonlinear optical response of graphene. We demonstrate coupling of free-space, visible light pulses to the surface plasmons in a planar, un-patterned graphene…

We investigate through analytic calculations the surface plasmon dispersion relation for monolayer graphene sheets and a separated parallel pair of graphene monolayers. An approximate form for the dispersion relation for the monolayer case…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-03-21 Choon How Gan , Hong Son Chu , Er Ping Li

Vibrational sum- and difference-frequency generation (SFG and DFG) spectroscopy probes the nonlinear response of interfaces at mid-infrared (MIR) wavelengths while detecting upconverted signals in the visible. Recent work has moved from…

The future laser interferometric gravitational-wave detectors sensitivity can be improved using squeezed light. In particular, recently a scheme which uses the optical field with frequency dependent squeeze factor, prepared by means of a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Ya. Khalilli

Graphene placed in a magnetic field possesses an extremely high mid/far-infrared optical nonlinearity originating from its unusual band structure and selection rules for the optical transitions near the Dirac point. Here we study the linear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-26 Xianghan Yao , Alexey Belyanin

With the unique possibilities for controlling light in nanoscale devices, graphene plasmonics has opened new perspectives to the nanophotonics community with potential applications in metamaterials, modulators, photodetectors, and sensors.…

Optics · Physics 2016-06-07 Sanshui Xiao , Xiaolong Zhu , Bo-Hong Li , N. Asger Mortensen