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Strong coupling of epsilon-near-zero phonon polaritons in polar dielectric heterostructures

Strong coupling of epsilon-near-zero phonon polaritons in polar dielectric heterostructures
Strong coupling of epsilon-near-zero phonon polaritons in polar dielectric heterostructures

We report the first observation of epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) phonon polaritons in an ultrathin AlN film fully hybridized with surface phonon polaritons (SPhP) supported by the adjacent SiC substrate. Employing a strong coupling model for the analysis of the dispersion and electric field distribution in these hybridized modes, we show that they share the most prominent features of the two precursor modes. The novel ENZ-SPhP coupled polaritons with a highly propagative character and deeply subwavelength light confinement can be utilized as building blocks for future infrared and terahertz nanophotonic integration and communication devices.

epsilon-near-zero, hybridization, infrared, nanophotonics, polar crystal, strong coupling, Surface phonon polariton
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Passler, Nikolai Christian
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Gubbin, Christopher R.
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Folland, Thomas Graeme
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Katzer, D. Scott
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Storm, David F.
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Wolf, Martin
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Caldwell, Joshua D.
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Gubbin, Christopher R.
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Caldwell, Joshua D.
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Passler, Nikolai Christian, Gubbin, Christopher R., Folland, Thomas Graeme, Razdolski, Ilya, Katzer, D. Scott, Storm, David F., Wolf, Martin, De Liberato, Simone, Caldwell, Joshua D. and Paarmann, Alexander (2018) Strong coupling of epsilon-near-zero phonon polaritons in polar dielectric heterostructures. Nano Letters, 18 (7), 4285-4292. (doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01273).

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We report the first observation of epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) phonon polaritons in an ultrathin AlN film fully hybridized with surface phonon polaritons (SPhP) supported by the adjacent SiC substrate. Employing a strong coupling model for the analysis of the dispersion and electric field distribution in these hybridized modes, we show that they share the most prominent features of the two precursor modes. The novel ENZ-SPhP coupled polaritons with a highly propagative character and deeply subwavelength light confinement can be utilized as building blocks for future infrared and terahertz nanophotonic integration and communication devices.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 12 June 2018
Published date: 11 July 2018
Keywords: epsilon-near-zero, hybridization, infrared, nanophotonics, polar crystal, strong coupling, Surface phonon polariton

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Local EPrints ID: 423489
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/423489
ISSN: 1530-6984
PURE UUID: 6bb66a4b-9b79-43fc-82ee-6273561a36e1
ORCID for Christopher R. Gubbin: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3988-028X
ORCID for Simone De Liberato: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4851-2633

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Date deposited: 24 Sep 2018 16:30
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 04:10

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Author: Nikolai Christian Passler
Author: Christopher R. Gubbin ORCID iD
Author: Thomas Graeme Folland
Author: Ilya Razdolski
Author: D. Scott Katzer
Author: David F. Storm
Author: Martin Wolf
Author: Joshua D. Caldwell
Author: Alexander Paarmann

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