Graphene as a Tunable Anisotropic or Isotropic
Plasmonic Metasurface
Plasmonic Metasurface
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Author(s)
Huidobro, PA
Kraft, M
Maier, SA
Pendry, JB
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We demonstrate a tunable plasmonic metasurface by considering a graphene sheet
subject to a periodically patterned doping level. The unique optical properties of
graphene result in electrically tunable plasmons that allow for extreme confinement
of electromagnetic energy in the technologically significant regime of THz frequencies.
Here we add an extra degree of freedom by using graphene as a metasurface, proposing
to dope it with an electrical gate patterned in the micron or sub-micron scale. By
extracting the effective conductivity of the sheet we characterize metasurfaces periodically
modulated along one or two directions. In the first case, and making use of the
analytical insight provided by transformation optics, we show an efficient control of
THz radiation for one polarization. In the second case, we demonstrate a metasurface
with an isotropic response that is independent of wave polarization and orientation.
subject to a periodically patterned doping level. The unique optical properties of
graphene result in electrically tunable plasmons that allow for extreme confinement
of electromagnetic energy in the technologically significant regime of THz frequencies.
Here we add an extra degree of freedom by using graphene as a metasurface, proposing
to dope it with an electrical gate patterned in the micron or sub-micron scale. By
extracting the effective conductivity of the sheet we characterize metasurfaces periodically
modulated along one or two directions. In the first case, and making use of the
analytical insight provided by transformation optics, we show an efficient control of
THz radiation for one polarization. In the second case, we demonstrate a metasurface
with an isotropic response that is independent of wave polarization and orientation.
Date Issued
2016-04-19
Date Acceptance
2016-04-13
Citation
ACS Nano, 2016, 10 (5), pp.5499-5506
ISSN
1936-086X
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Start Page
5499
End Page
5506
Journal / Book Title
ACS Nano
Volume
10
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Nano, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.6b01944
Sponsor
The Leverhulme Trust
The Royal Society
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Commission of the European Communities
Grant Number
F/07 058/BK
WM110079
BB00099823
EP/L024926/1
702525
Subjects
effective surface conductivity
graphene
isotropic metasurfaces
metamaterials
surface plasmons
terahertz
transformation optics
tunable metasurfaces
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
MD Multidisciplinary
Publication Status
Published