Plasmon-polariton distributed-feedback laser pumped by a fast drift current in graphene

Abstract

We propose a model of a slow surface plasmon-polariton distributed-feedback laser with pump by drift current. The amplification in the dielectric--semiconducting film--dielectric waveguide structure is created by fast drift current in the graphene layer, placed at the semiconductor/dielectric interface. The feedback is provided due to a periodic change in the thickness of the semiconducting film. We have shown that in such a system it is possible to achieve surface plasmon-polariton generation in the terahertz region.