Giant Goos-Hänchen shifts controlled by exceptional points in a PT-symmetric periodic multilayered structure coated with graphene
- 2 November 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optical Materials Express
- Vol. 11 (12), 3954-3965
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ome.441184
Abstract
We theoretically study the Goos-Hanchen (GH) shifts of Gaussian beams reflected in parity-time (PT) symmetric multilayered structure coating graphene structures. And there are the exceptional points (EPs) in this structure, whose position can be adjusted by the real part of the dielectric constant and the incident angle. Moreover, we find that the value and direction of the GH shifts change significantly under different EPs, so we could control the GH shifts by the position of the EPs. When the dielectric constant is fixed, the GH shifts can also be adjusted by the Fermi energy of graphene and the period number of the PT-symmetric structure. With the increase of the period number of the PT system, the system will produce the Bragg resonance, which refers to the phenomenon of total reflection caused by the interaction between the wave and the periodic structure with a specific frequency. And at the Bragg resonance, the special GH shifts independent of the incident direction can be obtained with large reflectivity. In addition, the incident direction of the beam can also affect the GH shifts in this asymmetric structure. Our results may find great applications in highly sensitive sensors, optoelectronic switches, and all-optical devices. (c) 2021 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing AgreementKeywords
Funding Information
- Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou City (2019050001)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (11775083, 12174122)
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