Coherent control of light interaction with graphene

Shraddha Moraje Shivaprasad Rao; Julius J F Heitz; Thomas Roger; Niclas Westerberg; Daniele Faccio

doi:10.1364/OL.39.005345

Coherent control of light interaction with graphene

Shraddha Moraje Shivaprasad Rao, Julius J F Heitz, Thomas Roger, Niclas Westerberg, Daniele Faccio^*

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Abstract

We report the experimental observation of all-optical modulation of light in a graphene film. The graphene film is scanned across a standing wave formed by two counter-propagating laser beams in a Sagnac interferometer. Through a coherent absorption process the on-axis transmission is modulated with close to 80% efficiency. Furthermore, we observe modulation of the scattered energy by mapping the off-axis scattered optical signal: scattering is minimized at a node of the standing wave pattern and maximized at an antinode. The results highlight the possibility to switch and modulate any given optical interaction with deeply sub-wavelength films.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5345-5347
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	39
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.39.005345
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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