Optical nonlocality in polar dielectrics
Optical nonlocality in polar dielectrics
Phonon polaritons localised in polar nanoresonators and superlattices are being actively investigated as promising platforms for mid-infrared nanophotonics. Here we show that the nonlocal nature of the phonon response can strongly modify their nanoscale physics. Using a nonlocal dielectric approach we study dielectric nanospheres and thin dielectric films taking into account optical phonons dispersion. We discover a rich nonlocal phenomenology, qualitatively different from the one of plasmonic systems. Our theory allows us to explain the recently reported discrepancy between theory and experiments in atomic-scale superlattices, and it provides a practical tool for the design of phonon-polariton nanodevices.
De Liberato, Simone
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Gubbin, Christopher
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De Liberato, Simone
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Gubbin, Christopher
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De Liberato, Simone and Gubbin, Christopher
(2020)
Optical nonlocality in polar dielectrics.
Physical Review X.
(In Press)
Abstract
Phonon polaritons localised in polar nanoresonators and superlattices are being actively investigated as promising platforms for mid-infrared nanophotonics. Here we show that the nonlocal nature of the phonon response can strongly modify their nanoscale physics. Using a nonlocal dielectric approach we study dielectric nanospheres and thin dielectric films taking into account optical phonons dispersion. We discover a rich nonlocal phenomenology, qualitatively different from the one of plasmonic systems. Our theory allows us to explain the recently reported discrepancy between theory and experiments in atomic-scale superlattices, and it provides a practical tool for the design of phonon-polariton nanodevices.
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Accepted/In Press date: 26 March 2020
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/439707
ISSN: 2160-3308
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