Surface-plasmon-polariton whispering-gallery mode analysis of the graphene monolayer coated InGaAs nanowire cavity

In this article, we proposed and numerically studied the surface plasmon polariton whispering gallery mode properties of the graphene coated InGaAs nanowire cavity. The quality factor and the mode area were investigated as a function of the chemical potential, the cavity radius and the wavelength. A high cavity quality factor of 235 is predicted for a 5 nm radius cavity, accompanied by a mode area as small as 5 2 3.75x10(-5)(lambda(0))(2), when the chemical potential is 1.2 eV. The proposed structure offers a potential solution to high density integration of the nanophotonic devices with an ultra-compact footprint. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America