Abstract
Conference Title: 2015 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Conference Start Date: 2015, May 10 Conference End Date: 2015, May 15 Conference Location: San Jose, CA, USA We propose a novel concept that uses mechanical and electronic properties of graphene to efficiently couple light to surface plasmon polaritons. A graphene-based infrared beam-former based on the concept of surface leaky-wave is also discussed.