• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 3, Issue 6, 300 (2015)
Ting-Hui Xiao, Lin Gan, and Zhi-Yuan Li*
Author Affiliations
  • Laboratory of Optical Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100190, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.3.000300 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Ting-Hui Xiao, Lin Gan, Zhi-Yuan Li. Graphene surface plasmon polaritons transport on curved substrates[J]. Photonics Research, 2015, 3(6): 300 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We theoretically investigate the transport property of graphene surface plasmon polaritons (GSPPs) on curved graphene substrates. The dispersion relationship, propagation length, and field confinement are calculated by an analytical method and compared with those on planar substrates. Based on our theory, the bend of graphene nearly does not affect the property of GSPPs except for an extremely small shift to the lower frequency for the same effective mode index. The field distributions and the eigenfrequencies of GSPPs on planar and cylindrical substrates are calculated by the finite element method, which validates our theoretical analysis. Moreover, three types of graphene-guided optical interconnections of GSPPs, namely, planar to curved graphene film, curved to planar graphene film, and curved to curved graphene film, are proposed and examined in detail. The theoretical results show that the GSPPs propagation on curved graphene substrates and interconnections will not induce any additional losses if the phase-matching condition is satisfied. Additionally, the extreme tiny size of curved graphene for interconnection at a certain spectra range is predicted by our theory and validated by the simulation of 90° turning of GSPPs. The bending effect on the property of GSPPs is systematically analyzed and identified. Our studies would be helpful to instruct design of plasmonic devices involving curved GSPPs, such as nanophotonic circuits, flexible plasmonic, and biocompatible devices.
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    e^r×(E⃗sϕE⃗cϕ)=0,e^r×(H^szH^cz)=σE⃗cϕ,(3)

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    (k0iωε0Hn(k0r)k0iωε0Jn(mk0r)Hn(k0r)σk0iωε0Jn(mk0r)mJn(mk0r))(FnGn)=0.(4)

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    |k0iωε0Hn(k0r)k0iωε0Jn(mk0r)Hn(k0r)σk0iωε0Jn(mk0r)mJn(mk0r)|=0.(5)

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    mJn(mk0a)Jn(mk0a)Hn(k0a)Hn(k0a)+iσk0ωε0=0,(6)

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    ε0k02k2ε0+εmk02k2εm+iσωε0=0,(7)

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    Ting-Hui Xiao, Lin Gan, Zhi-Yuan Li. Graphene surface plasmon polaritons transport on curved substrates[J]. Photonics Research, 2015, 3(6): 300
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