Integral Equation Analysis of Terahertz Backscattering From Circular Dielectric Rod With Partial Graphene Cover

Abstract

We study how the backward scattering cross-section (BSCS) of a microsize dielectric rod illuminated by an H-polarized plane wave can be efficiently manipulated using a partial graphene cover and associated plasmon resonances. Our treatment is based on the hyper-singular boundary integral equation, discretized with a Nystrom-type algorithm, which has a mathematically grounded convergence. We compute the BSCS and the extinction cross-section (ECS) in the sub-THz and THz ranges with controlled accuracy and demonstrate that BSCS can be both enhanced and reduced due to the graphene strip.