Dynamically tunable plasmon induced transparency in a graphene-based nanoribbon waveguide coupled with graphene rectangular resonators structure on sapphire substrate

In this paper, we propose dynamically tunable plasmon induced transparency (PIT) in a graphene-based nanoribbon waveguide coupled with graphene rectangular resonators structure on sapphire substrate by shifting the Fermi energy level of the graphene. Two different methods are employed to obtain the PIT effect: one is based on the direct destructive interference between a radiative state and a dark state, the other is based on the indirect coupling through a graphene nanoribbon waveguide. Our numerical results reveal that high tunability in the PIT transparency window can be obtained by altering the Fermi energy levels of the graphene rectangular resonators. Moreover, double PITs are also numerically predicted in this ultracompact structure, comprising series of graphene rectangular resonators. Compared with previously proposed graphene-based PIT effects, our proposed scheme is much easier to design and fabricate. This work not only paves a new way towards the realization of graphene-based integrated nanophotonic devices, but also has important applications in multi-channel-selective filters, sensors, and slow light. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America