Epsilon-near-zero modes for tailored light-matter interaction

Campione, Salvatore; Liu, Sheng; Benz, Alexander; Klem, John F.; Sinclair, Michael B.; Brener, Igal

doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.4.044011

Epsilon-near-zero modes for tailored light-matter interaction

Journal Article · Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physical Review Applied

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.4.044011· OSTI ID:1236227

Campione, Salvatore ^[1]; Liu, Sheng ^[1]; Benz, Alexander ^[1]; Klem, John F. ^[1]; Sinclair, Michael B. ^[1]; Brener, Igal ^[1]

Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) modes arising from condensed-matter excitations such as phonons and plasmons are a new path for tailoring light-matter interactions at the nanoscale. Complex spectral shaping can be achieved by creating such modes in nanoscale semiconductor layers and controlling their interaction with multiple, distinct, dipole resonant systems. Examples of this behavior are presented at midinfrared frequencies for ENZ modes that are strongly coupled to metamaterial resonators and simultaneously strongly coupled to semiconductor phonons or quantum-well intersubband transitions (ISTs), resulting in double- and triple-polariton branches in transmission spectra. For the double-polariton branch case, we find that the best strategy to maximize the Rabi splitting is to use a combination of a doped layer supporting an ENZ feature and a layer supporting ISTs, with overlapping ENZ and IST frequencies. As a result, this design flexibility renders this platform attractive for low-voltage tunable filters, light-emitting diodes, and efficient nonlinear composite materials.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1236227

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1224121

Report Number(s):: SAND--2015-0187J; 562116

Journal Information:: Physical Review Applied, Journal Name: Physical Review Applied Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 4; ISSN 2331-7019; ISSN PRAHB2

Publisher:: American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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