2D and Quasi-2D Composite and Nanocomposite Materials

Properties and Photonic Applications

Ross McPhedran, Simon Gluzman, Vladimir Mityushev, Natalia Rylko, Ross Mcphedran

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9780128188194
• eBook ISBN:
  9780128188200
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Materials Science
• Index: Technology & Engineering

2D and Quasi-2D Composite and Nanocomposite Materials: Theory, Properties and Photonic Applications covers the theory, characterization and computational modeling of 2D composite materials and shows how they are used for the creation of materials for 3D structures The book covers three major themes: - Properties of 2D and quasi-2D composites are discussed in the context of homogenization theory. Homogenization results are discussed for spatiotemporal material composites assembled from materials which are distributed on a micro-scale in space and in time. - New types of transport phenomena and localization in random media are addressed, with particular attention to the non-reciprocity of transport coefficients. - Plasmonics and magneto-optics are also of particular interest. Magneto-transport and sub-wavelength resolution in electromagnetic and acoustic imaging are further considered. This book is an important resource for materials scientists and engineers working on nanomaterials, photonic composites, and materials theory, modeling and simulations. - Outlines major modelling techniques of 2D nanocomposites for photonic applications - Explores how the properties of 2D nanocomposites make them suitable for use for building 3D structures - Assesses the challenges of using 2D nanocomposites for designing new devices on a mass scale

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Graphene-based hyperbolic metamaterials with nonlocal quantum gain

Illya I. Tarasenko^a; Tatjana Gric^b,c; Ortwin Hess^{a a}The Blackett Laboratory, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
^bDepartment of Electronic Systems, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania
^cSemiconductor Physics Institute, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania

Abstract

Here we present a short review of the theoretical description of graphene-based hyperbolic metamaterials with nonlocal quantum gain. The exact in RPA, nonlocal graphene conductivity model is used to describe the behavior of infinite and finite graphene–dielectric stacks with various input parameters, such as dielectric properties, graphene doping and photo-inversion, temperature, and excitation frequency. The exact homogenization model is presented. Transfer matrix method is used to demonstrate pulse propagation through the stack, and its amplification in case of photo-inverted graphene.

Keywords

Plasmonics; hyperbolic metamaterials; graphene; perfect lens; loss compensation

Chapter Outline

• 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.1.1 Traditional approaches
• 1.2 Theoretical preliminaries
  • 1.2.1 Resolution limit
  • 1.2.2 Hyperbolic dispersion
• 1.3 Graphene single-sheet plasmon dispersion
• 1.4 Plasmons in finite graphene–dielectric stacks
  • 1.4.1 Transfer matrix method
  • 1.4.2 Reflectivity of finite graphene–dielectric stacks
• 1.5 Analytic calculation of plasmonic region boundaries
  • 1.5.1 Bloch wavevectors
  • 1.5.2 Exact homogenisation procedure
• 1.6 Infinite structures
  • 1.6.1 Passive structures
  • 1.6.2 Active structures
• 1.7 Finite structures
  • 1.7.1 Modifications to the transfer matrix method
  • 1.7.2 Bloch modes in finite structures
  • 1.7.3 Pulse propagation in finite structures
• 1.8 Summary and outlook
  • 1.8.1 Dynamic representation
  • 1.8.2...

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• List of contributors
• Foreword
• Preface
• 1: Graphene-based hyperbolic metamaterials with nonlocal quantum gain
• 2: Regulating spin dynamics of graphene flakes
• 3: Design of bandgaps in photonic crystals
• 4: Multiperiodic one-dimensional photonic crystals
• 5: Absorption and reflection of light by nanocomposite films
• 6: Lead-free ceramics based on potassium-bismuth titanate K0.5Bi0.5TiO3
• 7: Nonlocal effects in nanolayered hyperbolic metamaterials
• 8: Conductivity and elasticity of graphene-type composites
• 9: Application of integral equations to simulating local fields in carbon nanotube reinforced composites
• 10: Field induced by a flat graphene structure
• 11: Modeling, simulations, and properties of thin films near graphene and its derivatives
• Index