Abstract

We have studied theoretically and numerically surface magnetoplasmons in three types of THz guiding structures, namely, InSb/dielectric planar boundary, InSb/air/metal planar waveguide, and symmetric InSb/air/InSb planar waveguide, in the presence of an external magnetic field. We consider the Voigt magneto-optic configuration in which these structures provide a frequency range where only one propagation direction is allowed to support one-way propagation of the surface plasmon polariton, due to nonreciprocity of the structures. To study the dispersion properties associated with unidirectional propagation of magnetoplasmons in finite-size nanostructured waveguides, we have developed an efficient two-dimensional numerical technique based on the magneto-optic aperiodic rigorous coupled-wave analysis. We have shown that the one-way bandwidth can be controlled by an external magnetic field and by the permittivity and thickness of the dielectric guiding layer. To enable numerical simulation, we have utilized the configuration in which the magnetized section of a waveguide is along the direction of propagation sandwiched by the identical waveguide segments without a magnetic field. We have also shown that the one-way bandwidth can be controlled by an external magnetic field and by the permittivity and thickness of the dielectric guiding layer.

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