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Tunable Multi-band Switch with Uncoupled Graphene-based Metamaterial Patches

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We present the tunable multiple plasmon-induced transparency (PIT) in the terahertz region by using a metamaterial made of two graphene bands and a graphene square ring. As the different modes of multiple PIT effects are independent of each other, the physical mechanism behind multiple PIT effects can be revealed by CMT theory. The PIT window changes significantly with the Fermi energy levels and structural parameters of graphene. The both three resonant frequencies increase linearly with the parameters and the Fermi energy changing, which can exhibit high sensitivities and figure of merit (FOM). Meanwhile, the amplitude modulation system can reach 99.63%, which can achieve excellent photoelectric switching. In addition, the group index can be as high as 2739. Therefore, the graphene-based metamaterial could be widely used in switches, modulators, excellent slow-light functional devices and filters in the terahertz region.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11,811,530,052), the Intergovernmental Science and Technology Regular Meeting Exchange Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (CB02-20), the Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics (SKLAO2020001A04), the Open Fund of CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information (KQI201), and the Undergraduate Research and Innovation Projects of China (2021102Z).

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  1. School of Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China

    Junjie Zhang, Zheng-Da Hu, Yuxuan Chen, Bolun Zhang & Jicheng Wang

  2. State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130033, China

    Junjie Zhang & Jicheng Wang

  3. Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230026, China

    Zheng-Da Hu

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Conceptualization, J.Z. and J.W.; methodology, Z.D.H. and J.W.; software, J.Z. and Y.C.; validation, Y.C. and B.Z.; formal analysis, Z.B, Z.D.H., J.W.; writing–original draft preparation, J.Z., J.W.; writing–review and editing, Z.D.H., B.Z., and J.W.; visualization, Z.D.H.; supervision, J.W.; project administration, J.W., Z.D.H.; funding acquisition, J.W., Z.D.H. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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Zhang, J., Hu, ZD., Chen, Y. et al. Tunable Multi-band Switch with Uncoupled Graphene-based Metamaterial Patches. Plasmonics 17, 1901–1910 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-022-01676-x

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