Phonon Polaritons in Monolayers of Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Abstract
Abstract Phonon polaritons in van der Waals materials reveal significant confinement accompanied with long propagation length: important virtues for tasks pertaining to the control of light and energy flow at the nanoscale. While previous studies of phonon polaritons have relied on relatively thick samples, here reported is the first observation of surface phonon polaritons in single atomic layers and bilayers of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). Using antenna‐based near‐field microscopy, propagating surface phonon polaritons in mono‐ and bilayer hBN microcrystals are imaged. Phonon polaritons in monolayer hBN are confined in a volume about one million times smaller than the free‐space photons. Both the polariton dispersion and their wavelength–thickness scaling law are altered compared to those of hBN bulk counterparts. These changes are attributed to phonon hardening in monolayer‐thick crystals. The data reported here have bearing on applications of polaritons in metasurfaces and ultrathin optical elements.
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- Materials Research and Education Center Department of Mechanical Engineering Auburn University Auburn AL 36849 USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering &, Computer Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA 02139 USA
- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Harvard University Cambridge MA 02139 USA, Department of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA 02139 USA
- Sichuan University Pittsburgh Institute Sichuan University Sichuan Chengdu 610017 China
- Department of Physics University of California, San Diego La Jolla CA 92093 USA
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Nanyang Technology University 50 Nanyang Avenue Singapore 639798 Singapore
- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Harvard University Cambridge MA 02139 USA
- Department of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA 02139 USA
- Department of Physics Columbia University New York NY 10027 USA
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- USDOE
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- 1545392
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- Journal Name:
- Advanced Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Volume: 31 Journal Issue: 37; Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
- Publisher:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Country of Publication:
- Germany
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- English
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Dai, Siyuan, Fang, Wenjing, Rivera, Nicholas, Stehle, Yijing, Jiang, Bor‐Yuan, Shen, Jialiang, Tay, Roland Yingjie, Ciccarino, Christopher J., Ma, Qiong, Rodan‐Legrain, Daniel, Jarillo‐Herrero, Pablo, Teo, Edwin Hang Tong, Fogler, Michael M., Narang, Prineha, Kong, Jing, and Basov, Dimitri N. Phonon Polaritons in Monolayers of Hexagonal Boron Nitride. Germany: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1002/adma.201806603.
Dai, Siyuan, Fang, Wenjing, Rivera, Nicholas, Stehle, Yijing, Jiang, Bor‐Yuan, Shen, Jialiang, Tay, Roland Yingjie, Ciccarino, Christopher J., Ma, Qiong, Rodan‐Legrain, Daniel, Jarillo‐Herrero, Pablo, Teo, Edwin Hang Tong, Fogler, Michael M., Narang, Prineha, Kong, Jing, & Basov, Dimitri N. Phonon Polaritons in Monolayers of Hexagonal Boron Nitride. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201806603
Dai, Siyuan, Fang, Wenjing, Rivera, Nicholas, Stehle, Yijing, Jiang, Bor‐Yuan, Shen, Jialiang, Tay, Roland Yingjie, Ciccarino, Christopher J., Ma, Qiong, Rodan‐Legrain, Daniel, Jarillo‐Herrero, Pablo, Teo, Edwin Hang Tong, Fogler, Michael M., Narang, Prineha, Kong, Jing, and Basov, Dimitri N. Sun .
"Phonon Polaritons in Monolayers of Hexagonal Boron Nitride". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201806603.
@article{osti_1545392,
title = {Phonon Polaritons in Monolayers of Hexagonal Boron Nitride},
author = {Dai, Siyuan and Fang, Wenjing and Rivera, Nicholas and Stehle, Yijing and Jiang, Bor‐Yuan and Shen, Jialiang and Tay, Roland Yingjie and Ciccarino, Christopher J. and Ma, Qiong and Rodan‐Legrain, Daniel and Jarillo‐Herrero, Pablo and Teo, Edwin Hang Tong and Fogler, Michael M. and Narang, Prineha and Kong, Jing and Basov, Dimitri N.},
abstractNote = {Abstract Phonon polaritons in van der Waals materials reveal significant confinement accompanied with long propagation length: important virtues for tasks pertaining to the control of light and energy flow at the nanoscale. While previous studies of phonon polaritons have relied on relatively thick samples, here reported is the first observation of surface phonon polaritons in single atomic layers and bilayers of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). Using antenna‐based near‐field microscopy, propagating surface phonon polaritons in mono‐ and bilayer hBN microcrystals are imaged. Phonon polaritons in monolayer hBN are confined in a volume about one million times smaller than the free‐space photons. Both the polariton dispersion and their wavelength–thickness scaling law are altered compared to those of hBN bulk counterparts. These changes are attributed to phonon hardening in monolayer‐thick crystals. The data reported here have bearing on applications of polaritons in metasurfaces and ultrathin optical elements.},
doi = {10.1002/adma.201806603},
journal = {Advanced Materials},
number = 37,
volume = 31,
place = {Germany},
year = {Sun Jul 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Sun Jul 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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