THz bandwidth light-with-light modulation in graphene metamaterial

Andrey Nikolaenko; Evangelos Atmatzakis; Nikitas Papasimakis; Zhiqiang Luo; Ze Xiang Shen; Francesco De Angelis; Enzo Di Fabrizio; Nikolay Zheludev

META 2021, META'12

Andrey Nikolaenko, Evangelos Atmatzakis, Nikitas Papasimakis, Zhiqiang Luo, Ze Xiang Shen, Francesco De Angelis, Enzo Di Fabrizio, Nikolay Zheludev

Last modified: 2011-12-14

Abstract

We demonstrate that ultrafast nonlinear optical response of a monoatomic graphene can be order of magnitude resonantly enhanced by hybridization with a plasmonic metamaterial offering new applications in THz bandwidth optical switching.

Keywords

metamaterials, graphene, nonlinearities