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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Actively Tunable Terahertz Switches Based on Subwavelength Graphene Waveguide.

Zhongyi Guo, Xiaoru Nie, Fei Shen, Hongping Zhou, Qingfeng Zhou, Jun Gao, Kai Guo

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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  3. Graphene-Coated Nanowire Waveguides and Their Applications.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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Zhongyi GuoSchool of Computer and Information, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China. guozhongyi@hfut.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-7282-2503
Xiaoru NieSchool of Computer and Information, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China. niexiaoru9391@163.com.
Fei ShenSchool of Computer and Information, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China. shenfei@hfut.edu.cn.
Hongping ZhouSchool of Computer and Information, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China. ciangela@hfut.edu.cn.
Qingfeng ZhouSchool of Computer and Information, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China. enqfzhou@hfut.edu.cn.
Jun GaoSchool of Computer and Information, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China. gaojun@hfut.edu.cn.
Kai GuoSchool of Computer and Information, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China. kai.guo@hfut.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-0676-7371

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Abstract

As a new field of optical communication technology, on-chip graphene devices are of great interest due to their active tunability and subwavelength scale. In this paper, we systematically investigate optical switches at frequency of 30 THz, including Y-branch (1 × 2), X-branch (2 × 2), single-input three-output (1 × 3), two-input three-output (2 × 3), and two-input four-output (2 × 4) switches. In these devices, a graphene monolayer is stacked on the top of a PMMA (poly methyl methacrylate methacrylic acid) dielectric layer. The optical response of graphene can be electrically manipulated; therefore, the state of each channel can be switched ON and OFF. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the transmission direction can be well manipulated in these devices. In addition, the proposed devices possess advantages of appropriate ON/OFF ratios, indicating the good performance of graphene in terahertz switching. These devices provide a new route toward terahertz optical switching.

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