Journal article
Infrared Permittivity of the Biaxial van der Waals Semiconductor α‐MoO 3 from Near‐ and Far‐Field Correlative Studies
Advanced materials (Weinheim), Vol.32(29), p.1908176
07/2020
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201908176
Abstract
The biaxial van der Waals semiconductor α-phase molybdenum trioxide (α-MoO3) has recently received significant attention due to its ability to support highly anisotropic phonon polaritons (PhPs)—infrared (IR) light coupled to lattice vibrations—offering an unprecedented platform for controlling the flow of energy at the nanoscale. However, to fully exploit the extraordinary IR response of this material, an accurate dielectric function is required. Here, the accurate IR dielectric function of α-MoO3 is reported by modeling far-field polarized IR reflectance spectra acquired on a single thick flake of this material. Unique to this work, the far-field model is refined by contrasting the experimental dispersion and damping of PhPs, revealed by polariton interferometry using scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) on thin flakes of α-MoO3, with analytical and transfer-matrix calculations, as well as full-wave simulations. Through these correlative efforts, exceptional quantitative agreement is attained to both far- and near-field properties for multiple flakes, thus providing strong verification of the accuracy of this model, while offering a novel approach to extracting dielectric functions of nanomaterials. In addition, by employing density functional theory (DFT), insights into the various vibrational states dictating the dielectric function model and the intriguing optical properties of α-MoO3 are provided.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Infrared Permittivity of the Biaxial van der Waals Semiconductor α‐MoO 3 from Near‐ and Far‐Field Correlative Studies
- Creators
- Gonzalo Álvarez-Pérez - Universidad de OviedoThomas G. Folland - Vanderbilt UniversityIon Errea - Donostia International Physics CenterJavier Taboada-Gutiérrez - Universidad de OviedoJiahua Duan - Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Research CenterJavier Martín-Sánchez - Universidad de OviedoAna I. F. Tresguerres-Mata - Universidad de OviedoJoseph R. Matson - Vanderbilt UniversityAndrei Bylinkin - CIC nanoGUNEMingze He - Vanderbilt UniversityWeiliang Ma - ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics TechnologiesQiaoliang Bao - ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics TechnologiesJosé Ignacio Martín - Universidad de OviedoJoshua D. Caldwell - Vanderbilt UniversityAlexey Y. Nikitin - Donostia International Physics CenterPablo Alonso-González - Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Research Center
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Advanced materials (Weinheim), Vol.32(29), p.1908176
- DOI
- 10.1002/adma.201908176
- ISSN
- 0935-9648
- eISSN
- 1521-4095
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100011941, name: Gobierno del Principado de Asturias, award: PA‐20‐PF‐BP19‐053, PA‐18‐PF‐BP17‐126; DOI: 10.13039/501100003329, name: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, award: FIS2016‐76617‐P, PA‐18‐ACB17‐29; DOI: 10.13039/501100000923, name: Australian Research Council, award: FT150100450, IH150100006, CE170100039; DOI: 10.13039/100000001, name: National Science Foundation, award: U0048926; DOI: 10.13039/100014440, name: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, award: MAT2017‐88358‐C3‐3‐R; DOI: 10.13039/501100003086, name: Eusko Jaurlaritza, award: IT1164‐19; DOI: 10.13039/501100000781, name: European Research Council, award: 715496, 2DNANOPTICA
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2020
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984429011402771
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