Coherent control of light interaction with graphene.

نویسندگان

  • Shraddha M Rao
  • Julius J F Heitz
  • Thomas Roger
  • Niclas Westerberg
  • Daniele Faccio
چکیده

We report the experimental observation of all-optical modulation of light in a graphene film. The graphene film is scanned across a standing wave formed by two counter-propagating laser beams in a Sagnac interferometer. Through a coherent absorption process the on-axis transmission is modulated with close to 80% efficiency. Furthermore, we observe modulation of the scattered energy by mapping the off-axis scattered optical signal: scattering is minimized at a node of the standing wave pattern and maximized at an antinode. The results highlight the possibility to switch and modulate any given optical interaction with deeply sub-wavelength films.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Optics letters

دوره 39 18  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014