Journal article
Probing hyperbolic polaritons using infrared attenuated total reflectance micro-spectroscopy
MRS communications, Vol.8(4), pp.1418-1425
12/01/2018
DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2018.205
Abstract
Hyperbolic polariton modes are highly appealing for a broad range of applications in nanophotonics, including surfaced enhanced sensing, sub-diffractional imaging, and reconfigurable metasurfaces. Here we show that attenuated total reflectance (ATR) micro-spectroscopy using standard spectroscopic tools can launch hyperbolic polaritons in a Kretschmann–Raether configuration. We measure multiple hyperbolic and dielectric modes within the naturally hyperbolic material hexagonal boron nitride as a function of different isotopic enrichments and flake thickness. This overcomes the technical challenges of measurement approaches based on nanostructuring, or scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy. Ultimately, our ATR approach allows us to compare the optical properties of small-scale materials prepared by different techniques systematically.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Probing hyperbolic polaritons using infrared attenuated total reflectance micro-spectroscopy
- Creators
- Thomas G. Folland - Vanderbilt UniversityTobias W. W. Maß - RWTH Aachen UniversityJoseph R. Matson - Vanderbilt UniversityJ. Ryan Nolen - Vanderbilt UniversitySong Liu - Kansas State UniversityKenji Watanabe - National Institute for Materials ScienceTakashi Taniguchi - National Institute for Materials ScienceJames H. Edgar - Kansas State UniversityThomas Taubner - RWTH Aachen UniversityJoshua D. Caldwell - Vanderbilt University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- MRS communications, Vol.8(4), pp.1418-1425
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- DOI
- 10.1557/mrc.2018.205
- ISSN
- 2159-6859
- eISSN
- 2159-6867
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000001, name: National Science Foundation, award: CMMI 1538127; DOI: 10.13039/100000006, name: Office of Naval Research, award: N000141812107; DOI: 10.13039/501100001659, name: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, award: Sub-100 nm structures for optical and biomedical a; DOI: 10.13039/100009917, name: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, award: Long-Term Training Program
- Alternative title
- Research Letter
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2018
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984429035102771
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