A Transmission-Type Electrically Tunable Polarizer Based on Graphene Ribbons at Terahertz Wave Band

作者:Tang Yi Cheng; Zhu Zhi Hong*; Zhang Jian Fa; Guo Chu Cai; Liu Ken; Yuan Xiao Dong; Qin Shi Qiao
来源:Chinese Physics Letters, 2015, 32(2): 025202.
DOI:10.1088/0256-307X/32/2/025202

摘要

We theoretically and numerically demonstrate that a transmission-type electrically tunable polarizer can be realized by using graphene ribbons supported on a dielectric film with a graphene sheet behind. The polarization mechanism originates from the antenna plasmon resonance of graphene stripes. The results of full-wave numerical simulations reveal that transmittance of 0.70 for one polarization and 0.0073 for another polarization can be obtained at normal incidence. The transmission-type electrically tunable polarizer provides and facilitates a variety of applications, including filtering, detecting, and imaging.