Complete light absorption in graphene-metamaterial corrugated structures

We show that surface-plasmon polaritons excited in negative permittivity metamaterials having shallow periodic surface corrugation profiles can be explored to push the absorption of single and continuous sheets of graphene up to 100%. In the relaxation regime, the position of the plasmonic resonance...

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Main Author: Ferreira, Aires (author)
Other Authors: Peres, N. M. R. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/21283
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/21283
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Summary:We show that surface-plasmon polaritons excited in negative permittivity metamaterials having shallow periodic surface corrugation profiles can be explored to push the absorption of single and continuous sheets of graphene up to 100%. In the relaxation regime, the position of the plasmonic resonances of the hybrid system is determined by the plasma frequency of the metamaterial, allowing the frequency range for enhanced absorption to be set without the need of engineering graphene.