Graphene plasmonics and metamaterials
As a novel transform optics, hyperlens is a promising real-time high-resolution lens that efficiently converts evanescent waves into traveling waves, breaking the diffraction limit that has a negative impact in the optical field. So far, there are two ways to realize hyperlens. One is to design a...
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| Format: | Theses and Dissertations |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/78209 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | As a novel transform optics, hyperlens is a promising real-time high-resolution lens
that efficiently converts evanescent waves into traveling waves, breaking the
diffraction limit that has a negative impact in the optical field. So far, there are two
ways to realize hyperlens. One is to design and implement hyperlens by using the
negative dielectric constant of metals in the optical frequency band, the other is to
use the stacking structure of layered metals and dielectrics to equivalent the
heterogeneous medium different from the natural material. However, due to the loss,
the imaging efficiency of these designs is not high.
Graphene and hexagonal boron nitride are emerging two-dimensional planar
materials, which have caused great research boom due to the existence of many novel
electrical and optical properties. Therefore, in this thesis, we use FDTD to simulate
an 2D structure, which made by graphene, hBN, Au and Si. Firstly, by chaging the
thickness of hBN from 100nm to 600nm, the electric field distribution with respect
to the thickness and wavelength were obseved. It was found that the magnification
increased linearly with the thickness of hBN. Through linear fitting, the relationship
between them is obtained as follows: Δ=2.013d. Next, we adjusted the Fermi level of
graphene from 0.1eV to 1eV, observing the distribution of the electric field
component (Ey) in the y direction. The results show that as the graphene Fermi level
increases, the amplification distance of Au on the graphene surface is shorter due to
the particularity of its band structure. These results provide a useful basis for further
design of metamaterial-based lenses, enabling control of lens magnification. |
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