Outstanding tunable electrical and optical characteristics in monolayer silicene at high terahertz frequencies

Silicene, a zero-gap semi-metallic advanced material, has received much attention due to its extraordinary electronic and optical characteristics, which could be used in plasmonics nano-devices. This material presenting as a tunable material without degrading its high carrier mobility. By applying the rigorous numerical techniques, the optical and electrical properties of silicene at high terahertz frequencies are calculated here. Beneath the influence of environmental effects such as the Fermi level, temperature, and external electric field, on the optical conductivity and refractive index of silicene are investigated using the tight-binding model. The effect of Fermi level from zero to 1 eV, external electric field from zero to 2.5 eV, and temperature from 5 to 400 K are investigated on the optical properties of silicene. One of the interesting features of Silicene is its adjustable bandgap, which we are present here.