Scientia Iranica

Scientia Iranica

Terahertz Plasmonic Switch Based on Periodic Array of Graphene/Silicon

Document Type : Research Article

Authors
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Tehran, P.O. Box: 14115-194, Iran
Abstract
We present a plasmonic switch based on anisotropic structure consisting of graphene and silicon layers, like one-dimensional photonic crystal. The plasmonic wave in this switch is propagated inside the MgF2 core surrounded by two periodic arrays of  graphene / silicon. Changing the chemical potential of graphene leading to the change of permittivity of anisotropic array, we can adjust the propagation length of plasmonic wave. The obtained results show that, at the frequency of 30 THz with adjusting the chemical potential of graphene, the chemical potential of 0.4 eV and 0.2 eV can be obtained for the ON_state and OFF state, respectively. Also, the ON/OFF ratio is about 24.
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Volume 24, Issue 6 - Serial Number 6
Transactions on Nanotechnology (F)
November and December 2017
Pages 3452-3457

  • Receive Date 08 August 2016
  • Revise Date 07 October 2016
  • Accept Date 04 March 2017