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Applications of Tunable Mid-Infrared Plasmonic Square-Nanoring Resonator Based on Graphene Nanoribbon

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In this work, different structures are designed based on graphene square-nanoring resonator (GSNR) and simulated by the three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (3D-FDTD) method. Depending on the location and number of graphene nanoribbons (GNR), the proposed structures can be utilized as a band-pass filter, wavelength demultiplexer, or power splitter in the mid-infrared (MIR) wavelengths. The tunability of the suggested assemblies may be controlled simply by changing the dimensions and/or the chemical potential of the GSNRs. Benefiting from the nanoscale and ultra-compact GNRs, these structures can be proposed as basic blocks for optical computing and signal processing in the MIR wavelengths.

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Design, methodology, and numerical simulations of the paper: Morteza Janfaza. Writing of the manuscript: Morteza Janfaza. Writing–comments and suggestions: Mohammad Ali Mansouri-Birjandi and Alireza Tavousi.

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Janfaza, M., Mansouri-Birjandi, M.A. & Tavousi, A. Applications of Tunable Mid-Infrared Plasmonic Square-Nanoring Resonator Based on Graphene Nanoribbon. Plasmonics 17, 479–490 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-021-01538-y

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