Hybrid Surface Plasmon Polaritons (HSPPs) in Plasma-based Elliptical Waveguides with Graphene Layers

Abstract

In this article, tunable surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) in graphene-based elliptical waveguides containing gyro-electric layers are investigated. The general structure has an elliptical cross-section, where each gyro-electric layer is surrounded by two graphene layers. The DC magnetic bias is applied on the z-axis. As a special case, a new plasma-based elliptical structure with double-layer graphene is studied in this paper. The figure of merit (FOM) for this waveguide can be varied by changing the magnetostatic bias and the chemical doping. At the frequency of 40 THz, the FOM of 139 for this waveguide is reported for the B= 1 T and {\mu}c=0.9 eV. Ability to adjust and tune the propagating properties of SPPs in hybrid graphene-plasma elliptical structures can be exploited for the design of new plasmonic components in the THz spectral region.