Dispositivos não-recíprocos baseados em grafeno na região de THz

Abstract

Four new types of nonreciprocal graphene-based devices operating in the Terahertz region are suggested and theoretically analyzed in this work. They are two three-port circulators with Y and W geometries and two power dividers with different geometries. The cross section of the components has a three-layer structure, composed of graphene, silica and silicon. The planes of the figures of these components consist of a circular resonator of graphene and waveguides connected to it. The graphene resonator is magnetized normally of its plane by an external DC magnetic field, and the physical principle of operation of the devices is based on the dipole resonance of the magnetized graphene resonator. Using the Magnetic Group Theory, we analyze the scattering matrices of the symmetrical components of the devices. In addition, for the analysis of the circulators, the Analytical Temporal Coupled Mode Theory was also used. Numerical simulations were performed by a full wave computational program and the calculations demonstrate isolation levels better than -15 dB for both the circulators and the dividers. The Y-circulator has insertion losses around - 2.6 dB, bandwidth of 7.4% at the center frequency of 5.38 THz, whereas the circulator W showed insertion losses of - 2 dB, bandwidth of 4.5% at the center frequency of 7.5 THz. The DC bending magnetic field in the two cases was 0.45 T and 0.56 T, respectively. The power dividers have shown to posses the division of the signal between the two output ports of -4.4 dB with in the frequency band of 4.5% and 3.4% with magnetic filed of 0,8 T. The influence of geometric and physical parameters on the characteristics of the circulators is discussed. The frequency bands of the devices can be controlled dynamically by changing bias voltage applied between the graphene layer and the substrate.