Electrical access to critical coupling of circularly polarized waves in graphene chiral metamaterials

Teun-Teun Kim; Sang Soon Oh; Hyeon-Don Kim; Hyun Sung Park; Ortwin Hess; Bumki Min; Shuang Zhang

doi:10.1126/sciadv.1701377

journal article Sep 01, 2017

Electrical access to critical coupling of circularly polarized waves in graphene chiral metamaterials

Teun-Teun Kim Sang Soon Oh

Hyeon-Don Kim

Hyun Sung Park Ortwin Hess

Bumki Min Shuang Zhang

Science Advances Vol. 3 No. 9 · American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Abstract

Electric control of coupling in hybrid graphene/metamaterial system enables strong selective modulation of light polarization.

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Published: Sep 01, 2017
Vol/Issue: 3(9)

Authors

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Teun-Teun Kim

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.; Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, Institute for Basic Science, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea.; Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea.

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Sang Soon Oh

Blackett Laboratory, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.

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Hyeon-Don Kim

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.

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Hyun Sung Park

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.

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Ortwin Hess

Blackett Laboratory, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.

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Bumki Min

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.

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Shuang Zhang

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.

Funding

European Research Council Award: award322748

National Research Foundation of Korea Award: award322751

Royal Society Award: award339313

Leverhulme Trust Award: award322750

Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning Award: award334962

Cite This Article

Teun-Teun Kim, Sang Soon Oh, Hyeon-Don Kim, et al. (2017). Electrical access to critical coupling of circularly polarized waves in graphene chiral metamaterials. Science Advances, 3(9). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1701377

Electrical access to critical coupling of circularly polarized waves in graphene chiral metamaterials

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