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    Area of Science:

    • Photonics and optical physics
    • Condensed matter physics
    • Materials science

    Background:

    • Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are electromagnetic waves propagating at the interface between a conductor and a dielectric.
    • Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms, exhibits unique electronic and optical properties, making it suitable for SPP applications.
    • Nonlinear optical effects in materials can lead to novel phenomena and device functionalities.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the existence and characteristics of nonlinear supermodes in multilayer graphene structures.
    • To understand how the number of graphene layers influences the emergence of these supermodes.
    • To determine the field intensity thresholds for the formation of asymmetric supermodes and their dependence on incident wavelength and graphene's chemical potential.

    Main Methods:

    • Theoretical modeling of surface plasmon polaritons in nonlinear graphene multilayers.
    • Analysis of electromagnetic field propagation and symmetry breaking within the multilayer structure.
    • Numerical simulations to identify and characterize supermodes and their associated intensity thresholds.

    Main Results:

    • Beyond linear symmetric and anti-symmetric supermodes, nonlinear graphene multilayers exhibit additional asymmetric supermodes.
    • The number of these asymmetric supermodes is directly related to the number of graphene layers.
    • Each asymmetric supermode has a specific field intensity threshold for its emergence, which increases with incident wavelength and graphene chemical potential.

    Conclusions:

    • Nonlinear effects in multilayer graphene significantly alter the supermode landscape compared to linear systems.
    • The tunability of asymmetric supermodes through layer number and intensity thresholds opens possibilities for advanced optical control.
    • This research paves the way for developing novel all-optical mode converters and switches based on nonlinear graphene plasmonics.