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Optically defined reconfigurable THz metasurfaces using graphene on iron‐doped lithium niobate

Optically defined reconfigurable THz metasurfaces using graphene on iron‐doped lithium niobate
Optically defined reconfigurable THz metasurfaces using graphene on iron‐doped lithium niobate
Graphene plasmonic devices have been demonstrated to show great potential for reconfigurable metasurfaces due to the tuneable electronic charge transport properties of graphene in response to electrostatic gating. Iron-doped lithium niobate is proposed as a platform for patterning-free optically reconfigurable graphene metasurfaces in the THz spectral region. Under structured illumination, the lithium niobate undergoes charge migration in the bulk, where carriers migrate away from illuminated regions, forming spatially patterned charge distributions capable of electrostatic tuning of graphene. These charge distributions are stable in the dark, however, can be redefined by subsequent illumination. Through the use of numerical simulations, it is demonstrated that optically defined charge distributions in lithium niobate can tune locally the graphene Fermi level allowing for plasmonic resonances at THz frequencies.
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Gorecki, Jon
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Gorecki, Jon, Noual, Adnane, Mailis, Sakellaris, Apostolopoulos, Vasilis and Papasimakis, Nikitas (2022) Optically defined reconfigurable THz metasurfaces using graphene on iron‐doped lithium niobate. Advanced Photonics Research, 3 (12), [2200233]. (doi:10.1002/adpr.202200233).

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Graphene plasmonic devices have been demonstrated to show great potential for reconfigurable metasurfaces due to the tuneable electronic charge transport properties of graphene in response to electrostatic gating. Iron-doped lithium niobate is proposed as a platform for patterning-free optically reconfigurable graphene metasurfaces in the THz spectral region. Under structured illumination, the lithium niobate undergoes charge migration in the bulk, where carriers migrate away from illuminated regions, forming spatially patterned charge distributions capable of electrostatic tuning of graphene. These charge distributions are stable in the dark, however, can be redefined by subsequent illumination. Through the use of numerical simulations, it is demonstrated that optically defined charge distributions in lithium niobate can tune locally the graphene Fermi level allowing for plasmonic resonances at THz frequencies.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 30 October 2022
Published date: 8 December 2022

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Local EPrints ID: 481816
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/481816
ISSN: 2699-9293
PURE UUID: 1500335d-79f4-420b-9cd7-99dcd8eb5ad2
ORCID for Jon Gorecki: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9205-2294
ORCID for Sakellaris Mailis: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8100-2670
ORCID for Vasilis Apostolopoulos: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3733-2191
ORCID for Nikitas Papasimakis: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6347-6466

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Date deposited: 08 Sep 2023 16:49
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Author: Jon Gorecki ORCID iD
Author: Adnane Noual
Author: Sakellaris Mailis ORCID iD
Author: Nikitas Papasimakis ORCID iD

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