Observation of Intersubband Polaritons in a Single Nanoantenna Using Nano-FTIR Spectroscopy

Wang, Chih-Feng; Habteyes, Terefe G.; Luk, Ting Shan; Klem, John F.; Brener, Igal; Chen, Hou-Tong; Mitrofanov, Oleg

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01623

Title: Observation of Intersubband Polaritons in a Single Nanoantenna Using Nano-FTIR Spectroscopy

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Strong coupling of an intersubband (ISB) electron transition in quantum wells to a subwavelength plasmonic nanoantenna can give rise to intriguing quantum phenomena, such as ISB polariton condensation, and enable practical devices including low threshold lasers. However, experimental observation of ISB polaritons in an isolated subwavelength system has not yet been reported. Here, we use scanning probe near-field microscopy and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to detect formation of ISB polariton states in a single nanoantenna. We excite the nanoantenna by a broadband IR pulse and spectrally analyze evanescent fields on the nanoantenna surface. We observe the distinctive splitting of the nanoantenna resonance peak into two polariton modes and two π-phase steps corresponding to each of the modes. We map ISB polariton dispersion using a set of nanoantennae of different sizes. This nano-FTIR spectroscopy approach opens doors for investigations of ISB polariton physics in the single subwavelength nanoantenna regime.

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Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, United States
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Univ. College London (United Kingdom)

Publication Date:: Mon Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2019

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22).; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1559559

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1542853; OSTI ID: 1570264

Report Number(s):: SAND-2019-9891J; LA-UR-19-22652; SAND2019-10810J
Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984; 678716; TRN: US2000370

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; NA-0003525; 89233218CNA000001

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nano Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 19; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; Intersubband; polariton; near-field microscopy; quantum well; nanoantenna; nano-FTIR; Material Science; polariton near-field microscopy

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                    Wang, Chih-Feng, Habteyes, Terefe G., Luk, Ting Shan, Klem, John F., Brener, Igal, Chen, Hou-Tong, and Mitrofanov, Oleg. Observation of Intersubband Polaritons in a Single Nanoantenna Using Nano-FTIR Spectroscopy.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
Web.  doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01623.

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                    Wang, Chih-Feng, Habteyes, Terefe G., Luk, Ting Shan, Klem, John F., Brener, Igal, Chen, Hou-Tong, & Mitrofanov, Oleg. Observation of Intersubband Polaritons in a Single Nanoantenna Using Nano-FTIR Spectroscopy.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01623

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                    Wang, Chih-Feng, Habteyes, Terefe G., Luk, Ting Shan, Klem, John F., Brener, Igal, Chen, Hou-Tong, and Mitrofanov, Oleg. Mon .  
"Observation of Intersubband Polaritons in a Single Nanoantenna Using Nano-FTIR Spectroscopy".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01623.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1559559.

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  title        = {Observation of Intersubband Polaritons in a Single Nanoantenna Using Nano-FTIR Spectroscopy},

  author       = {Wang, Chih-Feng and Habteyes, Terefe G. and Luk, Ting Shan and Klem, John F. and Brener, Igal and Chen, Hou-Tong and Mitrofanov, Oleg},

  abstractNote = {Strong coupling of an intersubband (ISB) electron transition in quantum wells to a subwavelength plasmonic nanoantenna can give rise to intriguing quantum phenomena, such as ISB polariton condensation, and enable practical devices including low threshold lasers. However, experimental observation of ISB polaritons in an isolated subwavelength system has not yet been reported. Here, we use scanning probe near-field microscopy and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to detect formation of ISB polariton states in a single nanoantenna. We excite the nanoantenna by a broadband IR pulse and spectrally analyze evanescent fields on the nanoantenna surface. We observe the distinctive splitting of the nanoantenna resonance peak into two polariton modes and two π-phase steps corresponding to each of the modes. We map ISB polariton dispersion using a set of nanoantennae of different sizes. This nano-FTIR spectroscopy approach opens doors for investigations of ISB polariton physics in the single subwavelength nanoantenna regime.},

  doi          = {10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01623},

  journal      = {Nano Letters},

  number       = 7,

  volume       = 19,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2019},

  month        = {Mon Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2019}

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