Title :
Large modulation of mid-infrared light using graphene-metal plasmonic antennas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys. & Appl. Math., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We show theoretically that large modulation of the amplitude and phase of mid-infrared light can be achieved by dynamically shifting the resonance of graphene-metal plasmonic antennas via electrical tuning of the optical conductivity of graphene.
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; electro-optical modulation; graphene; optical conductivity; optical materials; phase modulation; plasmonics; C; amplitude modulation; electrical tuning; graphene-metal plasmonic antennas; large modulation; mid-infrared light; optical conductivity; phase modulation; resonance shifting; Antenna arrays; Arrays; Graphene; Modulation; Optical reflection; Optical scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
