Graphene supports the propagation of subwavelength optical solitons

Abstract

We study theoretically nonlinear propagation of light in a graphene monolayer. We show that the large intrinsic nonlinearity of graphene at optical frequencies enables the formation of quasi one-dimensional self-guided beams (spatial solitons) featuring subwavelength widths at moderate electric-field peak intensities. We also demonstrate a novel class of nonlinear self-confined modes resulting from the hybridization of surface plasmon polaritons with graphene optical solitons.

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• Electric Field Effect in Atomically Thin Carbon Films
• The electronic properties of graphene
• Non-linear electromagnetic response of graphene
• Laser-induced disassembly of a graphene single crystal into a nano-crystalline network

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