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Title: Surface plasmon-cavity hybrid state and its graphene modulation at THz frequencies

Journal Article · · Nanophotonics

Fabry–Pérot (F–P) cavity and metal hole array are classic photonic devices. Integrating F–P cavity with holey metal typically enhances interfacial reflection and dampens wave transmission. In this work, a hybrid bound surface state is found within rectangular metal holes on a silicon substrate by merging an extraordinary optical transmission (EOT) mode and a high-order F–P cavity mode both spatially and spectrally. Transmission, Q-factor, and bandwidth can be enhanced significantly with respect to the classical EOT and F–P interference by simply sweeping the cavity length. This state can provide EOT properties and ten times broader EOT bandwidth well below the effective plasma frequency of the periodic metal holes, where the metal holes typically show evanescent properties and do not support EOT in theory. Furthermore, a large modulation range of 25 % and 39 % is demonstrated with various graphene patterns for the transmittance of this hybrid state at 500 and 582 GHz, respectively.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Grant/Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
2332797
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--24-20254
Journal Information:
Nanophotonics, Journal Name: Nanophotonics Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 13; ISSN 2192-8606
Publisher:
de GruyterCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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