Multiple harmonics control of edge pseudomagnetoplasmons in strained graphene

Abstract

Valley-resolved edge plasmons are relevant to nano-optics at subwavelength scales. However, less attention has been paid to their tunable properties in time domain. In this work we investigate edge pseudomagnetoplasmons in a strained graphene modulated by multiple harmonics with frequency in the THz regime. The edge plasmon is described by a set of nonlinear hydrodynamic equations, which are self-consistently solved by the flux-corrected transport method. Without the applied voltage, there exist two unidirectional-propagating edge-plasmon modes with weak valley polarization P. It is demonstrated that by varying the amplitude of multiple harmonics one can alter both the amplitude and the polarity of the valley polarization in the edge plasmon. One can achieve a full valley polarization P=1 at the instant of half cycle of the multiple harmonics and P=-1 at the instant of one cycle. The edge-plasmon density and the transverse velocity vanish for the frozen valley.