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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Caldwell, Joshua D.
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11 July 2018
Passler, Nikolai Christian
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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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Paarmann, Alexander
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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), .
(doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01273).
Abstract
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
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epsilon-near-zero, hybridization, infrared, nanophotonics, polar crystal, strong coupling, Surface phonon polariton
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Nikolai Christian Passler
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Christopher R. Gubbin
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Thomas Graeme Folland
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Ilya Razdolski
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D. Scott Katzer
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David F. Storm
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Martin Wolf
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Joshua D. Caldwell
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Alexander Paarmann
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