Nanophotonics with atomically thick materials

Resumen del trabajo presentado al XXV International Summer School "Nicolás Cabrera": Manipulating light and matter at the nanoscale, celebrado en Madrid (españa) del 9 al 14 de septiembre de 2018.Atomically thick materials, of which graphene is the paradigmatic example, are remarkable for their electronic and elastic properties. No less remarkable is their electromagnetic response. For instance, graphene supports electromagnetic modes (known as graphene plasmons), which can be electrically controlled by applying an external DC bias. These modes are extremely bounded, which makes them ideal for applications such as sensing. In this presentation I will summarise the basic properties of the electromagnetic modes in these 2D materials, and discuss how they scatter when encountering typical defects.Peer Reviewe