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Title: Nitride-Oxide-Metal Heterostructure with Self-Assembled Core–Shell Nanopillar Arrays: Effect of Ordering on Magneto-Optical Properties

Abstract

Abstract Magneto‐optical (MO) coupling incorporates photon‐induced change of magnetic polarization that can be adopted in ultrafast switching, optical isolators, mode convertors, and optical data storage components for advanced optical integrated circuits. However, integrating plasmonic, magnetic, and dielectric properties in one single material system poses challenges since one natural material can hardly possess all these functionalities. Here, co‐deposition of a three‐phase heterostructure composed of a durable conductive nitride matrix with embedded core–shell vertically aligned nanopillars, is demonstrated. The unique coupling between ferromagnetic NiO core and atomically sharp plasmonic Au shell enables strong MO activity out‐of‐plane at room temperature. Further, a template growth process is applied, which significantly enhances the ordering of the nanopillar array. The ordered nanostructure offers two schemes of spin polarization which result in stronger antisymmetry of Kerr rotation. The presented complex hybrid metamaterial platform with strong magnetic and optical anisotropies is promising for tunable and modulated all‐optical‐based nanodevices.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
  2. Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
  3. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1765768
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1804817
Report Number(s):
SAND-2021-0545J
Journal ID: ISSN 1613-6810; 693434
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525; SC0020077; AC02‐05CH11231; DMR‐2016453; DMR‐1565822; DMR‐1454618; DE‐AC02‐05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Small
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 17; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1613-6810
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; anisotropy; core-shell heterostructure; Kerr rotation; magneto-optical coupling; ordered nanopillars

Citation Formats

Wang, Xuejing, Jian, Jie, Wang, Haohan, Liu, Juncheng, Pachaury, Yash, Lu, Ping, Rutherford, Bethany X., Gao, Xingyao, Xu, Xiaoshan, El‐Azab, Anter, Zhang, Xinghang, and Wang, Haiyan. Nitride-Oxide-Metal Heterostructure with Self-Assembled Core–Shell Nanopillar Arrays: Effect of Ordering on Magneto-Optical Properties. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1002/smll.202007222.
Wang, Xuejing, Jian, Jie, Wang, Haohan, Liu, Juncheng, Pachaury, Yash, Lu, Ping, Rutherford, Bethany X., Gao, Xingyao, Xu, Xiaoshan, El‐Azab, Anter, Zhang, Xinghang, & Wang, Haiyan. Nitride-Oxide-Metal Heterostructure with Self-Assembled Core–Shell Nanopillar Arrays: Effect of Ordering on Magneto-Optical Properties. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202007222
Wang, Xuejing, Jian, Jie, Wang, Haohan, Liu, Juncheng, Pachaury, Yash, Lu, Ping, Rutherford, Bethany X., Gao, Xingyao, Xu, Xiaoshan, El‐Azab, Anter, Zhang, Xinghang, and Wang, Haiyan. Fri . "Nitride-Oxide-Metal Heterostructure with Self-Assembled Core–Shell Nanopillar Arrays: Effect of Ordering on Magneto-Optical Properties". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202007222. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1765768.
@article{osti_1765768,
title = {Nitride-Oxide-Metal Heterostructure with Self-Assembled Core–Shell Nanopillar Arrays: Effect of Ordering on Magneto-Optical Properties},
author = {Wang, Xuejing and Jian, Jie and Wang, Haohan and Liu, Juncheng and Pachaury, Yash and Lu, Ping and Rutherford, Bethany X. and Gao, Xingyao and Xu, Xiaoshan and El‐Azab, Anter and Zhang, Xinghang and Wang, Haiyan},
abstractNote = {Abstract Magneto‐optical (MO) coupling incorporates photon‐induced change of magnetic polarization that can be adopted in ultrafast switching, optical isolators, mode convertors, and optical data storage components for advanced optical integrated circuits. However, integrating plasmonic, magnetic, and dielectric properties in one single material system poses challenges since one natural material can hardly possess all these functionalities. Here, co‐deposition of a three‐phase heterostructure composed of a durable conductive nitride matrix with embedded core–shell vertically aligned nanopillars, is demonstrated. The unique coupling between ferromagnetic NiO core and atomically sharp plasmonic Au shell enables strong MO activity out‐of‐plane at room temperature. Further, a template growth process is applied, which significantly enhances the ordering of the nanopillar array. The ordered nanostructure offers two schemes of spin polarization which result in stronger antisymmetry of Kerr rotation. The presented complex hybrid metamaterial platform with strong magnetic and optical anisotropies is promising for tunable and modulated all‐optical‐based nanodevices.},
doi = {10.1002/smll.202007222},
journal = {Small},
number = 5,
volume = 17,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Fri Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2021}
}

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