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Near- and Mid-Infrared Graphene-Based Photonic Architectures for Ultrafast and Low-Power Electro-Optical Switching and Ultra-High Resolution Imaging
Caligiuri, Vincenzo; Pianelli, Alessandro; Miscuglio, Mario et al.
2020In ACS Applied Nano Materials, 3 (12), p. 12218–12230
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Keywords :
graphene; HMM; hyperbolic metamaterials; metal/insulator architectures; light confinement; ultrafast; all-optical switching
Abstract :
[en] Confining near-infrared (NIR) and mid-infrared (MIR) radiation (1–10 μm) at the nanoscale is one of the main challenges in photonics. Thanks to the transparency of silicon in the NIR-MIR range, optoelectronic systems like electro-optical modulators have been broadly designed in this range. However, the trade-off between energy-per-bit consumption and speed still constitutes a significant bottleneck, preventing such a technology to express its full potentialities. Moreover, the harmless nature of NIR radiation makes it ideal for bio-photonic applications. In this work, we theoretically showcase a new kind of electro-optical modulators in the NIR-MIR range that optimize the trade-off between power consumption, switching speed, and light confinement, leveraging on the interplay between graphene and metamaterials. We investigate several configurations among which the one consisting in a SiO2/graphene hyperbolic metamaterial (HMM) outstands. The peculiar multilayered configuration of the HMM allowed one also to minimize the equivalent electrical capacitance to achieve attoJoule electro/optical modulation at about 500 MHz switching speed. This system manifests the so-called dielectric singularity, in correspondence to which an HMM lens with resolving power of λ/1660 has been designed, allowing to resolve 3 nm-wide objects placed at an interdistance of 3 nm and to overcome the diffraction limit by 3 orders of magnitude. The imaging possibilities opened by such technologies are evident especially in bio-photonic applications, where the investigation of biological entities with tailored/broadband-wavelength radiation and nanometer precision is necessary. Moreover, the modulation performances demonstrated by the graphene-based HMM configure it as a promise for ultrafast and low-power opto-electronics applications.
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
Caligiuri, Vincenzo
Pianelli, Alessandro
Miscuglio, Mario
Patra, Aniket
Maccaferri, Nicolò ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Physics and Materials Science (DPHYMS)
Caputo, Roberto
De Luca, Antonio
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Near- and Mid-Infrared Graphene-Based Photonic Architectures for Ultrafast and Low-Power Electro-Optical Switching and Ultra-High Resolution Imaging
Publication date :
2020
Journal title :
ACS Applied Nano Materials
ISSN :
2574-0970
Publisher :
American Chemical Society, Washington, United States - District of Columbia
Volume :
3
Issue :
12
Pages :
12218–12230
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Focus Area :
Physics and Materials Science
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