Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 11, Issue 1, 49(2015)

Gain enhancement of terahertz surface plasmon in electrically pumped multilayer graphene

Yu-ping ZHANG1、*, Ya-qing LIU1,2, Yan-yan CAO1, Tong-tong LI1, Huan-huan Lü1, Xiao-yan HUANG1, Guang-jun REN2, and Hui-yun ZHANG1
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  • 1Qingdao Key Laboratory of Terahertz Technology, College of Electronic Communication and Physics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266510, China
  • 2College of Electronic Information Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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    We propose a surface plasmon (SP) structure in electrically pumped multiple graphene-layer (MGL), and calculate the functions of dynamic conductivity and absorption coefficient. Meanwhile, the dependences of absorption coefficient on different factors are simulated. SP can get gain when absorption coefficient is negative, and the SP gain can be enhanced by lowering temperature, applying high bias voltage and choosing the graphene with proper layer number and long momentum relaxation time. The study on SP gain is hopeful to be used in amplifiers and graphene-based plasmon devices.

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    ZHANG Yu-ping, LIU Ya-qing, CAO Yan-yan, LI Tong-tong, Lü Huan-huan, HUANG Xiao-yan, REN Guang-jun, ZHANG Hui-yun. Gain enhancement of terahertz surface plasmon in electrically pumped multilayer graphene[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2015, 11(1): 49

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    Paper Information

    Received: Oct. 30, 2014

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Oct. 12, 2017

    The Author Email: Yu-ping ZHANG (sdust_thz@163.com)

    DOI:10.1007/s11801-015-4201-4

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