Negative Refraction in Time-Varying Strongly Coupled Plasmonic-Antenna–Epsilon-Near-Zero Systems

Bruno, V.; DeVault, C.; Vezzoli, S.; Kudyshev, Z.; Huq, T.; Mignuzzi, S.; Jacassi, A.; Saha, S.; Shah, Y.  D.; Maier, S.  A.; Cumming, D.  R. S.; Boltasseva, A.; Ferrera, M.; Clerici, M.; Faccio, D.; Sapienza, R.; Shalaev, V.  M.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.124.043902

Negative Refraction in Time-Varying Strongly Coupled Plasmonic-Antenna–Epsilon-Near-Zero Systems

Journal Article · Thu Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.124.043902· OSTI ID:1803146

^[1]; DeVault, C. ^[2]; Vezzoli, S. ^[3]; Kudyshev, Z. ^[2]; Huq, T. ^[3]; Mignuzzi, S. ^[3]; ^[3]; Saha, S. ^[2]; ^[4]; Maier, S. A. ^[5]; Cumming, D. R. S. ^[4]; Boltasseva, A. ^[2]; Ferrera, M. ^[6]; ^[4]; Faccio, D. ^[4]; ^[3]; Shalaev, V. M. ^[2]

Univ. of Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom); OSTI
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Imperial College, London (United Kingdom)
Univ. of Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Imperial College, London (United Kingdom); Ludwig Maximilian Univ. of Munich, Munich (Germany)
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (United Kingdom)

Time-varying metasurfaces are emerging as a powerful instrument for the dynamical control of the electromagnetic properties of a propagating wave. Here we demonstrate an efficient time-varying metasurface based on plasmonic nano-antennas strongly coupled to an epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) deeply subwavelength film. The plasmonic resonance of the metal resonators strongly interacts with the optical ENZ modes, providing a Rabi level spitting of ~30%. Optical pumping at frequency ω induces a nonlinear polarization oscillating at 2ω responsible for an efficient generation of a phase conjugate and a negative refracted beam with a conversion efficiency that is more than 4 orders of magnitude greater compared to the bare ENZ film. In this work, the introduction of a strongly coupled plasmonic system therefore provides a simple and effective route towards the implementation of ENZ physics at the nanoscale.

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Research Organization:: Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0017717

OSTI ID:: 1803146

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 124; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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