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Graphene/porous silicon reconfigurable transmission filter operating at 1.55 and 1.53 µm

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The present work is a numerical study of the transmission properties of a multilayer structure operating at the telecom wavelengths 1.55 and 1.53 μm. The transmission peak is obtained by the periodic alternation of two layers of porous silicon (PS) of different porosities (85 and 75%), separated by a graphene layer. The modification of the graphene Fermi energy (EF) allows the adjustment of the transmission peak wavelength. Fixing Fermi energy to EF = 0.47 eV and EF = 1.525 eV allows to set the working wavelength to 1.55 and 1.53 μm, respectively. Under the variation of the temperature and of the degree of oxidation of the PS, the transmission properties of the structure are altered. We shows that the adjustment of EF makes it possible to correct the shifts in the working frequency induced by these two parameters. The simulation results show that the variation of EF can compensate the variation of the temperature on the interval 293–73 K as well as the variation of the oxidation of the PS up to 10%.

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The authors would like to thank the Taif University for funding this work through Taif University Research Supporting, Project number (TURSP-2020/228), Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.

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  1. Laboratory of Nanomaterials Nanotechnology and Energy (2NE), Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia

    Hosni Ajlani

  2. Department of Science and Technology, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia

    Abdullah Alhumaidi Alotaibi

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia

    Sattam R Alotaibi

  4. Faculty of Science of Tunis, Unit of Research Circuits and Electronics Systems High Frequency, University of Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia

    Mohamed Karim Azizi

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Ajlani, H., Alotaibi, A.A., Alotaibi, S. et al. Graphene/porous silicon reconfigurable transmission filter operating at 1.55 and 1.53 µm. Opt Quant Electron 53, 266 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-021-02895-y

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