{"title":"Design of a Compound Reconfigurable Terahertz Antenna Based on Graphene","authors":"Zhao Jin, Yu Rong, JingDong Yu, Fei Wu","doi":"10.1007/s11468-023-02011-8","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper, a terahertz dipole antenna with compound reconfigurability is designed, which possesses the capability of controlling frequency, radiation pattern, and polarization state. A capacitive load loop (CLL) made of graphene–metal composite material is applied around a pair of mutually orthogonal graphene-based dipole antennas. By controlling the bias voltage, the surface conductivity of graphene is adjusted, enabling compound reconfigurability. The graphene strips on the CLL provide a high degree of freedom for the radiation characteristics of the antenna. By adjusting the combination of chemical potentials of graphene, the operating frequency of the antenna can be reconfigured within the range of 1.40 to 1.84 THz. Moreover, it is possible to control the antenna to achieve directional radiation with four beams (0°, 90°, 180°, 270°) in the XOY plane at 1.75 THz, and ranging from 1.68 to 1.81 THz, it can be reconfigured to achieve controllable RHCL or LHCL.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":736,"journal":{"name":"Plasmonics","volume":"19 2","pages":"621 - 629"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Plasmonics","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11468-023-02011-8","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In this paper, a terahertz dipole antenna with compound reconfigurability is designed, which possesses the capability of controlling frequency, radiation pattern, and polarization state. A capacitive load loop (CLL) made of graphene–metal composite material is applied around a pair of mutually orthogonal graphene-based dipole antennas. By controlling the bias voltage, the surface conductivity of graphene is adjusted, enabling compound reconfigurability. The graphene strips on the CLL provide a high degree of freedom for the radiation characteristics of the antenna. By adjusting the combination of chemical potentials of graphene, the operating frequency of the antenna can be reconfigured within the range of 1.40 to 1.84 THz. Moreover, it is possible to control the antenna to achieve directional radiation with four beams (0°, 90°, 180°, 270°) in the XOY plane at 1.75 THz, and ranging from 1.68 to 1.81 THz, it can be reconfigured to achieve controllable RHCL or LHCL.
期刊介绍:
Plasmonics is an international forum for the publication of peer-reviewed leading-edge original articles that both advance and report our knowledge base and practice of the interactions of free-metal electrons, Plasmons.
Topics covered include notable advances in the theory, Physics, and applications of surface plasmons in metals, to the rapidly emerging areas of nanotechnology, biophotonics, sensing, biochemistry and medicine. Topics, including the theory, synthesis and optical properties of noble metal nanostructures, patterned surfaces or materials, continuous or grated surfaces, devices, or wires for their multifarious applications are particularly welcome. Typical applications might include but are not limited to, surface enhanced spectroscopic properties, such as Raman scattering or fluorescence, as well developments in techniques such as surface plasmon resonance and near-field scanning optical microscopy.