Chinese Optics, Volume. 15, Issue 4, 845(2022)

Slow light in graphene plasmonic time crystals

Zhen HE, Li-qiang ZHUO, Zhi LI, Feng-jiang ZHUANG, Shao-jian SU, Zhi-li LIN, and Wei-bin QIU*
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  • College of Information Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
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    (a) The three-dimensional schematic of slow light waveguide, with a single layer of graphene nanodisks at the top. The graphene is exposed to air on the top, the background material is SiO2, and the substrate material is Si. Different graphene nanodisks are applied with different bias voltages: V1(t), V2(t) and V3(t). The diagram on the right shows how voltage is applied. (b) The graphene nanodisk’s external bias voltage changes periodically with time
    (a) Schematic diagram of graphene plasmon time crystal structure. (b) Energy band diagrams of graphene plasmon time crystals at four different moments in a cycle of external bias voltage change
    (a) When μc3=0.6 eV, the relationship between ∆μc and t. (d) A region composed of 5×10 graphene plasmon time crystals. P is the position of the excitation source. (b), (c), (e) and (f) Screenshots of four moments in the propagation process at the time nodes of =3.20 e−12s, =4.16 e−12s, =5.82 e−12s and =8.24 e−12s, respectively(a) 当=0.6 eV时,与t的关系。(d) 5×10石墨烯等离激元时间晶体组成的一个区域,P是激发源的位置。(b),(c),(e)和(f)是传播过程中4个时刻的截图,时间节点分别是=3.20 e−12s, =4.16 e−12s, =5.82 e−12s和=8.24 e−12s
    The phase distributions of Left-handed Circularly Polarized (LCP) and Right-handed Circularly Polarized (RCP) of the time crystal appear at point K, which are expressed as the component of the electric field in the direction Z and the in-plane Poynting vector (Px, Py). (a) and (d) the phase distribution diagram of point K at the time of =0.1 eV; (b) and (e) the phase distribution diagram of point K at the time of =0.12 eV; (c) and (f) the phase distribution diagram of point K at the time =0.14 eV时间晶体在K点分别出现了左旋圆极化(LCP)和右旋圆极化(RCP)的相位分布,表示为电场在Z方向上的分量和面内坡印亭矢量(Px, Py)。(a)和(d)是在=0.1 eV时刻,K点的相位分布图;(b)和(e)是在=0.12 eV时刻,K点的相位分布图;(c)和(f)在=0.14 eV时刻,K点的相位分布图
    (a) Schematic diagram of the Zigzag interface based on graphene plasmon time crystals, in which the bottom is the calculation model of the finite period super cell unit and the simulation electric field distribution results. (b) The dispersion curves of the Zigzag interface mode at different times
    (a) The boundary mode dispersion curve supported by the topological boundary under different . (b) The relationship between group velocity and frequency under different (a) 不同下拓扑边界所支持的边界模色散曲线。(b)不同下群速度随频率的变化关系图
    (a, d, g) Screenshots of the electric field intensity distribution at t1, t2 and t3. (b, e, h) Cross-sectional electric field diagrams at the Zigzag boundary at different time t. (c, f, j) The changing process of the electric field at the capture point of light energy
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    Zhen HE, Li-qiang ZHUO, Zhi LI, Feng-jiang ZHUANG, Shao-jian SU, Zhi-li LIN, Wei-bin QIU. Slow light in graphene plasmonic time crystals[J]. Chinese Optics, 2022, 15(4): 845

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    Category: Original Article

    Received: Nov. 18, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 6, 2022

    The Author Email: Wei-bin QIU (wbqiu@hqu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.37188/CO.2021-0201

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