Design, production and characterization of optical waveguides for plasmid excitation in graphene

• Grant number: 15/12734-4
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): October 01, 2015
• Effective date (End): August 26, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics
• Principal Investigator: Christiano José Santiago de Matos
• Grantee: Ciaran Phelan
• Home Institution: Centro de Pesquisas Avançadas em Grafeno, Nanomateriais e Nanotecnologia (MackGrafe). Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (UPM). Instituto Presbiteriano Mackenzie. São Paulo, SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 12/50259-8 - Graphene: photonics and opto-electronics: UPM-NUS collaboration, AP.SPEC

Abstract

The research line "plasmonic devices in Graphene and coupling to photonic waveguides" of the SPEC project to which this fellowship is connected aims to excite plasmonic modes from optical waveguide modes, using metallic nanostructures as scatterers (see main projects text). To develop this line, it is important to study several waveguides in different geometries and materials, in order to determine the configuration that enables the most efficient opto­ plasmonic coupling. To study and optimize, for example, the energy contained in the evanescent portion of the field that superposes with the metallic nanostructures is crucial for a good coupling. This post­ doctoral fellowship aims to address these issues in order to enable the success of the research line. Overall, we intend to numerically and experimentally study different waveguides in order to maximize the coupling between the guided light and the nanostructures. Moreover, methods to transfer the graphene sheet to the waveguide will also be studied. The researcher will work in close proximity, and sometimes in an overlapped manner, with master and doctoral students.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

KESSLER, FELIPE; MUNOZ, PABLO A. R.; PHELAN, CIARAN; ROMANI, ERIC C.; LARRUDE, DUNIESKYS R. G.; FREIRE JUNIOR, FERNANDO L.; DE SOUZA, EUNEZIO A. THOROH; DE MATOS, CHRISTIANO J. S.; FECHINE, GUILHERMINO J. M. Direct dry transfer of CVD graphene to an optical substrate by in situ photo-polymerization. Applied Surface Science, v. 440, p. 55-60, MAY 15 2018. Web of Science Citations: 1.

WOODWARD, R. I.; MURRAY, R. T.; PHELAN, C. F.; DE OLIVEIRA, R. E. P.; RUNCORN, T. H.; KELLEHER, E. J. R.; LI, S.; DE OLIVEIRA, E. C.; FECHINE, G. J. M.; EDA, G.; DE MATOS, C. J. S. Characterization of the second- and third-order nonlinear optical susceptibilities of monolayer MoS2 using multiphoton microscopy. 2D MATERIALS, v. 4, n. 1 MAR 2017. Web of Science Citations: 40.