Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Graphene has been identified as an emerging horizon for a nanoscale photonic platform because the Fermi level of intrinsic graphene can be engineered to support surface plasmons (SPs). The current solid back electrical gating and chemical doping methods cannot facilitate the demonstration of graphene SPs at the near-infrared (NIR) window because of the limited shift of the Fermi level. Here, we present the evidence for the existence of graphene SPs on a tapered graphene-silicon waveguide tip at a NIR wavelength, employing a surface carrier transfer method with molybdenum trioxides. The coupling between the graphene surface plasmons and the guiding mode in silicon waveguides allows for the observation of the concentrated field of the SPs in the tip by near-field scanning optical microscopy. Thus the hot spot from the concentrated SPs in the graphene layer can be used as a key experimental signature of graphene SPs. The NIR graphene SPs opens a new perspective for optical communications, optical sensing and imaging, and optical data storage with extreme spatial confinement, broad bandwidth and high tunability.
Source: Scientific Reports
DOI: 10.1038/srep06559
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,690
Awards: G1523888516, G2974306217, G3074806892, An accelerating journey to the new era of Petabyte optical memory systems, G354591211, G4243412236, G4982217552, Novel terahertz electronics, photonics and plasmonics in high-mobility, low-dimensional electronic systems (HMLDES), A novel graphene-based optical sensing platform, G6071252945, G697918568, G7830320759, G8213154491, G8444686347
OpenAlex ID: W2003642848