Controlling TE surface waves by self-defocusing cap layer in graphene-based photonic crystal

Zahra Eyni; Karim Milanchian

doi:10.1117/1.JNP.12.036007

27 August 2018 Controlling TE surface waves by self-defocusing cap layer in graphene-based photonic crystal

Zahra Eyni, Karim Milanchian

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Journal of Nanophotonics, Vol. 12, Issue 3, 036007 (August 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.12.036007

Abstract

We have analytically studied the localized TE surface waves (SWs) in a one-dimensional graphene-based photonic crystal that is capped by a self-defocusing nonlinear layer. Our method is based on the first integral of the nonlinear Helmholtz wave equation. We have investigated the possibility of controlling the dispersion behavior inside the graphene-induced photonic bandgap (GIBG) via two controllable parameters: the intensity of the electromagnetic field at the surface of the nonlinear cap layer and the chemical potential of the graphene. The results showed that the frequency of the SWs inside the GIBG can be controlled by adjusting the intensity of the electromagnetic field and the chemical potential. We also compared the dispersion of the surface modes in GIBG with Bragg bandgap by changing the intensity of field at the surface of the nonlinear cap layer. It was found that the relative frequency variation of the surface modes inside the GIBG is more than the Bragg bandgap.

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Zahra Eyni and Karim Milanchian "Controlling TE surface waves by self-defocusing cap layer in graphene-based photonic crystal," Journal of Nanophotonics 12(3), 036007 (27 August 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.12.036007

Received: 20 May 2018; Accepted: 7 August 2018; Published: 27 August 2018

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