Design of efficient graphene plasmonic coupling circuits for THz applications
ISSN: 0332-1649
Article publication date: 16 April 2020
Issue publication date: 18 June 2020
Abstract
Purpose
The coupling characteristics between adjacent circuits are crucial for their efficient design in terms of electromagnetic compatibility features. Specifically, either the wireless power transfer can be enhanced or the interference can be limited. This paper aims to the extraction of the coupling characteristics of surface plasmon polariton waves propagating onto graphene layers to facilitate the telecommunication system design for advanced THz applications.
Design/methodology/approach
The surface conductivity of graphene is described at the far-infrared spectrum and modelled accurately by means of a properly modified finite-difference time-domain) scheme. Then, a series of numerical simulations for different coupling setups is conducted to extract an accurate generalised parametric coupling model that is dependent explicitly on the fundamental propagation features of graphene.
Findings
The coupling coefficients of two basic waveguiding setups are examined thoroughly. The initial one includes two parallel graphene layers of infinite dimensions, and it is observed that the coupling is influenced via the ratio between their distances to the confinement of the surface wave. The second scenario is composed of graphene microstrips that are parallel to their small edge, namely, microstrip width. The extracted numerical results indicate that the coupling coefficient depends on the ratio between widths to wavelength.
Originality/value
The accurate extraction of the generalised coupling coefficients for graphene surface wave circuits is conducted in this work via an adjustable numerical technique for a novel family of plasmonic couplers. It is derived that only the fundamental propagation features of graphene, such as the wavelength and the confinement of the surface waves, have an effect on the coupling calculation, thus enabling a consistent electromagnetic compatibility study.
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Acknowledgements
This research is co-financed by Greece and the European Union (European Social Fund-ESF) through the Operational Programme «Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning» in the context of the project “Reinforcement of Postdoctoral Researchers – 2nd Cycle” (MIS-5033021), implemented by the State Scholarships Foundation (ΙΚΥ).
Citation
Amanatiadis, S.A., Zygiridis, T. and Kantartzis, N.V. (2020), "Design of efficient graphene plasmonic coupling circuits for THz applications", COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, Vol. 39 No. 3, pp. 659-669. https://doi.org/10.1108/COMPEL-10-2019-0386
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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