Title
Polariton nanophotonics using phase-change materials
Date Issued
01 December 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Chaudhary K.
Tamagnone M.
Yin X.
Spägele C.M.
Oscurato S.L.
Li J.
Persch C.
Li R.
Rubin N.A.
Watanabe K.
Taniguchi T.
Kim P.
Wuttig M.
Edgar J.H.
Ambrosio A.
Capasso F.
University of California
Publisher(s)
Nature Publishing Group
Abstract
Polaritons formed by the coupling of light and material excitations enable light-matter interactions at the nanoscale beyond what is currently possible with conventional optics. However, novel techniques are required to control the propagation of polaritons at the nanoscale and to implement the first practical devices. Here we report the experimental realization of polariton refractive and meta-optics in the mid-infrared by exploiting the properties of low-loss phonon polaritons in isotopically pure hexagonal boron nitride interacting with the surrounding dielectric environment comprising the low-loss phase change material Ge3Sb2Te6. We demonstrate rewritable waveguides, refractive optical elements such as lenses, prisms, and metalenses, which allow for polariton wavefront engineering and sub-wavelength focusing. This method will enable the realization of programmable miniaturized integrated optoelectronic devices and on-demand biosensors based on high quality phonon resonators.
Volume
10
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Nano-tecnología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85072918955
PubMed ID
Source
Nature Communications
ISSN of the container
20411723
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the NSF EFRI, award no. 1542807. This work was performed in part at the Centre for Nanoscale Systems (CNS), a member of the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure Network (NNCI), which is supported by the National Science Foundation under NSF award no. 1541959. M.T. acknowledges the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) grant no. 168545 and 177836. S.L.O. acknowledges “Fondazione Angelo Della Riccia”, and the programme for “International Mobility of Researchers” of the University of Naples “Federico II” (Italy), for financial support. The h11BN crystal growth was supported by the National Science Foundation, award number 1538127. K.W. and T.T. acknowledge support from the Elemental Strategy Initiative conducted by the MEXT, Japan and the CREST (JPMJCR15F3), JST.
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