Coupled surface plasmon–phonon polariton nanocavity arrays for enhanced mid-infrared absorption
Abstract
Resonant optical cavities are essential components in mid-infrared applications. However, typical film-type cavities require multilayer stacks with a micron-thick spacer due to mid-infrared wavelengths, and their performance is limited by narrow frequency tunability and angular sensitivity. We propose and experimentally demonstrate the subwavelength-scale (≈λ0/150) resonant nanocavity arrays that enhance the absorption spectrum of the device in the mid-infrared (10–12 microns) via excitation of coupled surface plasmon–phonon polaritons. The proposed metal–insulator–polar dielectric (gold–silicon–silicon carbide) structure supports a guided mode of the coupled surface polaritons in the lateral direction while vertically confining the mid-infrared wave within the 80 nm thick dielectric spacer. In particular, the subwavelength-scale (≈λ0/10) gratings are imposed to form Fabry–Pérot cavity arrays displaying angle-insensitive and frequency-tunable absorption of up to 80% of the optical power in the mid-infrared. Our work should benefit diverse mid-infrared applications and novel designs of polariton-based photonic devices.
- Authors:
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[2];
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[1]
- Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX (United States); University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX (United States)
- Univ. of Houston, TX (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX (United States)
- Univ. of Houston, TX (United States)
- Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX (United States); Korea Advanced Inst. Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon (Korea, Republic of)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1893729
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-22-768-SQMS
Journal ID: ISSN 2192-8614; oai:inspirehep.net:2167218; TRN: US2310225
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359; 89233218CNA000001; NA0003525; ECCS-2025227
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nanophotonics (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Nanophotonics (Online); Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 20; Journal ID: ISSN 2192-8614
- Publisher:
- de Gruyter
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; coupled plasmon; phonon polariton mode; enhanced optical power absorption; Fabry-Perot cavity array; propagating surface phonon polaritons
Citation Formats
Kachiraju, Satya R., Nekrashevich, Ivan, Ahmad, Imtiaz, Farooq, Hira, Chang, Long, Kim, Sangsik, and Kim, Myoung-Hwan. Coupled surface plasmon–phonon polariton nanocavity arrays for enhanced mid-infrared absorption. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1515/nanoph-2022-0339.
Kachiraju, Satya R., Nekrashevich, Ivan, Ahmad, Imtiaz, Farooq, Hira, Chang, Long, Kim, Sangsik, & Kim, Myoung-Hwan. Coupled surface plasmon–phonon polariton nanocavity arrays for enhanced mid-infrared absorption. United States. https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2022-0339
Kachiraju, Satya R., Nekrashevich, Ivan, Ahmad, Imtiaz, Farooq, Hira, Chang, Long, Kim, Sangsik, and Kim, Myoung-Hwan. Mon .
"Coupled surface plasmon–phonon polariton nanocavity arrays for enhanced mid-infrared absorption". United States. https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2022-0339. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1893729.
@article{osti_1893729,
title = {Coupled surface plasmon–phonon polariton nanocavity arrays for enhanced mid-infrared absorption},
author = {Kachiraju, Satya R. and Nekrashevich, Ivan and Ahmad, Imtiaz and Farooq, Hira and Chang, Long and Kim, Sangsik and Kim, Myoung-Hwan},
abstractNote = {Resonant optical cavities are essential components in mid-infrared applications. However, typical film-type cavities require multilayer stacks with a micron-thick spacer due to mid-infrared wavelengths, and their performance is limited by narrow frequency tunability and angular sensitivity. We propose and experimentally demonstrate the subwavelength-scale (≈λ0/150) resonant nanocavity arrays that enhance the absorption spectrum of the device in the mid-infrared (10–12 microns) via excitation of coupled surface plasmon–phonon polaritons. The proposed metal–insulator–polar dielectric (gold–silicon–silicon carbide) structure supports a guided mode of the coupled surface polaritons in the lateral direction while vertically confining the mid-infrared wave within the 80 nm thick dielectric spacer. In particular, the subwavelength-scale (≈λ0/10) gratings are imposed to form Fabry–Pérot cavity arrays displaying angle-insensitive and frequency-tunable absorption of up to 80% of the optical power in the mid-infrared. Our work should benefit diverse mid-infrared applications and novel designs of polariton-based photonic devices.},
doi = {10.1515/nanoph-2022-0339},
journal = {Nanophotonics (Online)},
number = 20,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Mon Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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