Plasmonic structure with enhanced bandwidth

摘要

Embodiments are directed to a plasmonic structure having an enhanced resonance frequency bandwidth. In one aspect, a plasmon-enhanced coupler is provided having a first plasmon region and a second plasmon region. A resonance frequency bandwidth of the plasmon-enhanced coupler is a hybridization of at least one first resonance frequency of the first plasmon region, and at least one second resonance frequency of the second plasmon region. The first plasmon region may be implemented as a single layer of graphene conductive material, and the second plasmon region may be implemented as multiple layers of graphene conductive material. The resonance frequency bandwidth may be chosen to overlap a frequency that comprises a vibration frequency of certain molecules of interest. Radiation directed to the plasmon-enhanced coupler causes its plasmons to interact with the molecules of interest, thereby altering the radiation.

主权项

1. A plasmon-enhanced coupler, comprising:
a first plasmon region having at least one first resonance peak frequency and at least one first resonance frequency bandwidth; and a second plasmon region having at least one second resonance frequency peak and at least one second resonance bandwidth; wherein a resonance frequency bandwidth of the plasmon-enhanced coupler is broader than either the at least one first resonance frequency bandwidth or the at least one second resonance frequency bandwidth; wherein a resonance peak frequency of the plasmon-enhanced coupler is between the at least one first resonance peak frequency and the at least one second resonance peak frequency.