Modelling of plasmonic and graphene nanodevices Javier Munárriz Arrieta

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Munárriz Arrieta, Javier, author.

Series:

Springer theses 2190-5053

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Graphene.

Nanostructured materials.

Plasmons (Physics).

Nanostructures.

Medical Subjects:

Nanostructures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cham Springer 2014

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The thesis covers a broad range of electronic, optical and opto-electronic devices and various predicted physical effects. In particular, it examines the quantum interference transistor effect in graphene nanorings; tunable spin-filtering and spin-dependent negative differential resistance in composite heterostructures based on graphene and ferromagnetic materials; optical and novel electro-optical bistability and hysteresis in compound systems; and the real-time control of radiation patterns of optical nanoantennas. The direction of the main radiation lobe of a regular plasmonic array can be changed abruptly by small variations in external control parameters. This optical effect, apart from its relevance for applications, is a revealing example of the Umklapp process and, thus, is a visual manifestation of one of the most fundamental laws of solid state physics: the conservation of the quasi-momentum to within a reciprocal lattice vector. The thesis analyzes not only results for particular device designs but also a variety of advanced numerical methods which are extended by the author and described in detail. These methods can be used as a sound starting point for further research

Contents:

Introduction

Part I Electronic Nanodevices Based on Graphene

Tight-Binding Description of Graphene Nanostructures

Graphene Nanoring as a Quantum Interference Device

Graphene Nanoring as a Source of Spin-Polarized Electrons

Spin-Dependent NDR in Graphene Superlattices

Part II Electro-Optical Nanodevices

Optical Nanoantennas with Tunable Radiation Patterns

Electro-Optical Hysteresis of Nanoscale Hybrid Systems

Conclusions and Prospects

Notes:

"Doctoral thesis accepted by Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain"

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 10, 2014)

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783319070889

3319070886

3319070878

9783319070872

OCLC:

881230748

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