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Published on: December 11, 2014
Electrically controlled Goos-Hänchen shift of a light beam reflected from the metal-insulator-semiconductor structure
Changyou Luo1, Jun Guo, Qingkai Wang
1Key Laboratory for Micro-/Nano-Optoelectronic Devices of Ministry of Education, College of Physics and Microelectronic Science, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China.
Abstract:
We proposed a scheme to manipulate the Goos-Hänchen shift of a light beam reflected from the depletion-type device via external voltage bias. It is shown that the lateral shift of the reflected probe beam can be easily controlled by adjusting the reverse voltage bias and the incidence angle. Using this scheme, the lateral shift can be tuned from negative to positive, without changing the original structure of the depletion-type device. Numerical calculations further indicate that the influence of structure parameters and light wavelength can be reduced via readjustment of the reverse bias. The proposed structure has the potential application for the integrated electronic devices.
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