Nonlinear surface plasmon polaritou and optical bistability of graphene in the terahertz regime

Authors

Matthew Sanderson, University of WollongongFollow
C Zhang, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

117655

Publication Details

Sanderson, M. & Zhang, C. (2017). Nonlinear surface plasmon polaritou and optical bistability of graphene in the terahertz regime. 2017 42nd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz) (pp. 1-2). United States: IEEE.

Abstract

Graphene has been shown to be capable of supporting surface plasmon polaritons whose frequency is in the terahertz regime. We demonstrate that, due to the enhanced energy of surface plasmon in graphene, an optical bistability can occur in an air-graphene-dielectric structure.