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Light Plasmon Coupling in Planar Chiroplasma–Graphene Waveguides

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The numerical study of surface plasmon polaritons in a chiroplasma–graphene planar structure is presented. The Kobo formulism is utilized for modeling of graphene’s conductivity, and certain type of boundary conditions is employed to obtain the dispersion relation for the proposed waveguide structure. The electromagnetic wave theory is used to solve the numerical problem. The effective mode index is studied for the different values of chiroplasma features (i.e., plasma frequency, cyclotron frequency, and chirality are studied in a certain frequency region). It is concluded that chirality has strong influence on attenuation phase constant against incident wave frequency. Furthermore, the normalized field distributions of the graphene medium are also presented for the proposed waveguide. Graphene layer offers additional degree of freedom as compared to conventional plasmonic materials to fabricate the compact nanophotonic circuits.

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The authors would like to thanks Deanship for Research and Innovation, “Ministry of Education” in Saudi Arabia through the Research Group Project number (IFKSURG-2–676).

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This work was supported by the Deputyship for Research and Innovation, “Ministry of Education” in Saudi Arabia through the Research Group Project number (IFKSURG-2–676).

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    M. Umair & A. Ghaffar

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Majeed A. S. Alkanhal & Y. Khan

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Applied Engineering, King Saud University, Al-Muzahimiyah Branch, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Ali. H. Alqahtani

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M. Umair and Majeed Alkanhal wrote main manuscript and derived analytical expressions. A. Ghaffar edited the manuscript and reviewed the numerical analysis. Y. Khan and Ali. H. Alqahtani developed methodology in the given study. Author M. Umair was also encouraged and completely supervised during preparation of the manuscript by A. Ghaffar. All authors reviewed the manuscript before submission.

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Umair, M., Ghaffar, A., Alkanhal, M.A.S. et al. Light Plasmon Coupling in Planar Chiroplasma–Graphene Waveguides. Plasmonics 18, 1029–1035 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-023-01824-x

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