Abstract

Graphene-based optical modulators have been extensively studied owing to the high mobility and tunable permittivity of graphene. However, weak graphene-light interactions make it difficult to achieve a high modulation depth with low energy consumption. Here, we propose a high-performance graphene-based optical modulator consisting of a photonic crystal structure and a waveguide with graphene that exhibits an electromagnetically-induced-transparency-like (EIT-like) transmission spectrum at terahertz frequency. The high quality-factor guiding mode to generate the EIT-like transmission enhances light-graphene interaction, and the designed modulator achieves a high modulation depth of 98% with a significantly small Fermi level shift of 0.05 eV. The proposed scheme can be utilized in active optical devices that require low power consumption.

Details

Title
Highly efficient graphene terahertz modulator with tunable electromagnetically induced transparency-like transmission
Author
Kim, Myunghwan 1 ; Kim, Seong-Han 2 ; Kang, Chul 2 ; Kim, Soeun 2 ; Kee, Chul-Sik 2 

 Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Division of Applied Photonics System Research, Advanced Photonics Research Institute, Gwangju, South Korea (GRID:grid.61221.36) (ISNI:0000 0001 1033 9831); Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Optical Packaging Research Section, Gwangju, South Korea (GRID:grid.36303.35) (ISNI:0000 0000 9148 4899) 
 Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Division of Applied Photonics System Research, Advanced Photonics Research Institute, Gwangju, South Korea (GRID:grid.61221.36) (ISNI:0000 0001 1033 9831) 
Pages
6680
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2805294185
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.