Photonic Modes in Twisted Graphene Nanoribbons

TL;DR

This paper analytically explores how twisting graphene nanoribbons influences their photonic modes, revealing effects on mode profiles, energy spectra, and decay times, with implications for tunable photonic devices.

Contribution

It introduces an analytical model for photonic modes in twisted graphene nanoribbons, highlighting the impact of twist and length on mode decay and coupling.

Findings

Increasing twist shortens decay times of modes.

Longer nanoribbons have increased decay times.

Twist enhances photonic coupling in nanostructures.

Abstract

This study investigates the behavior of photonic modes in twisted graphene nanoribbons (TGNRs) using an analytical approach based on solving the fully covariant vector boson equation. We present a model that demonstrates how helical twisting in TGNRs significantly affects the evolution of photonic modes. Our analytical solutions yield detailed expressions for mode profiles, energy spectra, and decay characteristics. We find that increasing the twist parameter shortens the decay times (\(\tau_{ns}\)) for damped modes, indicating enhanced photonic coupling due to the twisted geometry. Conversely, longer nanoribbons (NRs) exhibit increased decay times, showing a length (\(L\))-dependent effect, where \(\tau_{ns} \propto L / c\), with \(c\) representing the speed of light. These findings may enhance the understanding of light control in nanostructures and suggest potential applications in tunable photonic devices, topological photonics, and quantum optical systems.