Graphene Plasmon Resonances for Electrically-Tunable Sub-Femtometer Dimensional Resolution

Zhiyong Wu; Lei Zhang; Min Zhang; Irene Ling Li; Hong Su; Huancheng Zhao; Shuangchen Ruan; Huawei Liang

doi:10.3390/nano10071381

Nanomaterials (Jul 2020)

Graphene Plasmon Resonances for Electrically-Tunable Sub-Femtometer Dimensional Resolution

Zhiyong Wu,
Lei Zhang,
Min Zhang,
Irene Ling Li,
Hong Su,
Huancheng Zhao,
Shuangchen Ruan,
Huawei Liang

Affiliations

Zhiyong Wu: Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Laser Engineering, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Lei Zhang: Key Laboratory for Physical Electronics and Devices of the Ministry of Education and Shanxi Key Laboratory of Information Photonic Technique, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Min Zhang: Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Laser Engineering, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Irene Ling Li: Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Laser Engineering, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Hong Su: Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Laser Engineering, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Huancheng Zhao: Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Laser Engineering, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Shuangchen Ruan: Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Laser Engineering, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Huawei Liang: Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Laser Engineering, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10071381
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 7
p. 1381

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A coupled graphene structure (CGS) is proposed to obtain an electrically tunable sub-femtometer (sub-fm) dimensional resolution. According to analytical and numerical investigations, the CGS can support two branches of localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs), which park at the dielectric spacer between two pieces of graphene. The coupled efficiencies of the odd-order modes are even four orders of magnitude higher than that of the even-order modes. In particular, a sub-fm resolution for detecting the change in the spacer thickness can be reached using the lowest order LSPR mode. The LSPR wavelength and the dimensional differential resolution can be electrically-tuned from 9.5 to 33 μm and from 4.3 to 15 nm/pm, respectively, by modifying the chemical potential of the graphene via the gate voltage. Furthermore, by replacing the graphene ribbon (GR) at the top of the CGS with multiple GRs of different widths, a resonant frequency comb in the absorption spectrum with a tunable frequency interval is generated, which can be used to detect the changes in spacer thicknesses at different locations with sub-fm resolution.

Published in Nanomaterials

ISSN: 2079-4991 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nanomaterials

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