Graphene sustained nonlinear modes in dielectric waveguides

Year: 2013

Authors: Auditore A., De Angelis C., Locatelli A., Boscolo S., Midrio M., Romagnoli M., Capobianco A.D., Nalesso G.

Autors Affiliation: Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia 25123, Italy; Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica, Gestionale e Meccanica, Università degli Studi di Udine, Udine 33100, Italy; CNIT National Laboratory of Photonic Networks, Pisa 56124, Italy; Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova 35131, Italy

Abstract: We discuss the existence of nonlinear modes sustained by graphene layers in dielectric waveguides. Taking advantage of the almost two dimensional nature of graphene, we introduce the nonlinear effect as a parameter in the continuity equations. We then apply our modeling to a simple slab waveguide to enlighten how graphene can be used to induce huge nonlinear phase shifts at easily accessible power levels. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

Journal/Review: OPTICS LETTERS

Volume: 38 (5)      Pages from: 631  to: 633

More Information: AA, CDA, and AL acknowledge financial support from CARIPLO Foundation under grant no. 2010-0595 and U.S. ARMY under grant no. W911NF-12-1-0202.
DOI: 10.1364/OL.38.000631

Citations: 27
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