Tailoring phonon-polaritons with new materials and active modulation

Daniel C. Ratchford; Vanessa M. Breslin; Adam D. Dunkelberger; Chase T. Ellis; Alexander J. Giles; D. Scott Katzer; Igor Vurgaftman; Joseph G. Tischler; Joshua D. Caldwell; Jeffrey C. Owrutsky

doi:10.1117/12.2570786

20 August 2020 Tailoring phonon-polaritons with new materials and active modulation

Daniel C. Ratchford, Vanessa M. Breslin, Adam D. Dunkelberger, Chase T. Ellis, Alexander J. Giles, D. Scott Katzer, Igor Vurgaftman, Joseph G. Tischler, Joshua D. Caldwell, Jeffrey C. Owrutsky

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Proceedings Volume 11460, Metamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems 2020; 114600W (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2570786
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The mid-infrared spectra of many polar materials are dominated by highly reflective reststrahlen bands that occur between the transverse and longitudinal optical phonons. Within the reststrahlen bands, light can couple with optical phonons to support phonon-polariton modes. These modes enhance light-matter interactions through the concentration of light to nanoscale dimensions, and therefore, are particularly promising for mid-infrared nanophotonic applications. Here, we discuss our work on expanding the spectral range over which phonon-polaritons are supported by using new material systems, as well as active tuning of the modes via carrier photoinjection. In particular, we report on the confinement of hyperbolic phonon-polaritons in calcite, a ubiquitous polar material. We also report the use of the LO-phonon-plasmon-coupling (LOPC) effect to actively tune the Berreman mode of a GaN thin film.

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Daniel C. Ratchford, Vanessa M. Breslin, Adam D. Dunkelberger, Chase T. Ellis, Alexander J. Giles, D. Scott Katzer, Igor Vurgaftman, Joseph G. Tischler, Joshua D. Caldwell, and Jeffrey C. Owrutsky "Tailoring phonon-polaritons with new materials and active modulation", Proc. SPIE 11460, Metamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems 2020, 114600W (20 August 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2570786

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