Experimental verification of epsilon-near-zero plasmon polariton modes in degenerately doped semiconductor nanolayers

Campione, Salvatore; Kim, Iltai; de Ceglia, Domenico; Keeler, Gordon A.; Luk, Ting S.

doi:10.1364/OE.24.018782

Title: Experimental verification of epsilon-near-zero plasmon polariton modes in degenerately doped semiconductor nanolayers

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Optics Express

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.24.018782· OSTI ID:1297916

Campione, Salvatore ^[1]; Kim, Iltai ^[2]; de Ceglia, Domenico ^[3]; Keeler, Gordon A. ^[1]; Luk, Ting S. ^[1]

Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Texas A&M Univ.-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX (United States)
AMRDEC, Charles M. Bowden Research Lab., Redstone Arsenal, AL (United States). National Research Council

Here, we investigate optical polariton modes supported by subwavelength-thick degenerately doped semiconductor nanolayers (e.g. indium tin oxide) on glass in the epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) regime. The dispersions of the radiative (R, on the left of the light line) and non-radiative (NR, on the right of the light line) ENZ polariton modes are experimentally measured and theoretically analyzed through the transfer matrix method and the complex-frequency/real-wavenumber analysis, which are in remarkable agreement. We observe directional near-perfect absorption using the Kretschmann geometry for incidence conditions close to the NR-ENZ polariton mode dispersion. Along with field enhancement, this provides us with an unexplored pathway to enhance nonlinear optical processes and to open up directions for ultrafast, tunable thermal emission.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1297916

Report Number(s):: SAND-2016-7499J; OPEXFF; 646521

Journal Information:: Optics Express, Vol. 24, Issue 16; ISSN 1094-4087

Publisher:: Optical Society of America (OSA)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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