Análise de estruturas planares em THz baseadas em grafeno

Abstract

In this work we analyse the properties of scattering of electromagnetic waves in graphene surfaces and the planar plasmonic based devices made of the same material, both in THz frequency region. The work is presented in form of four scientific papers. In the first one a numerical analysis of the plasmonic waves propagation in graphene elements is performed. The influence of geometrical configuration, chemical potential variation, angle of incidence and polarizations is analysed. That results give us the information to project two devices (the second and third) based on frequency selective surfaces (FSS) on THz range and that are composed only by graphene elements and dielectric substrates without the insertions of different metals. The first device consists in a THz electromagnetic filter made by an planar array of graphene ring-shaped elements placed in both sides of a dielectric substrate. The second device presents new multifunctional graphene device that can operate either as an electromagnetic, dynamically controlled, filter or as an eletromagnectic switch. Both devices operates based on Fano resonance effect. The fourth paper presents a new method of analysis of periodic planar structure, based on group theory approach. This method takes account the transversal and longitudinal components of induced current in the structure. By using this, one can obtain more information about the device properties than by using exitenting methods, which uses only longitudinal components of the induced currents. As application, we suggest an analyse a periodic array of graphene elements.