Coupled surface plasmon–phonon polariton nanocavity arrays for enhanced mid-infrared absorption

Kachiraju, Satya R.; Nekrashevich, Ivan; Ahmad, Imtiaz; Farooq, Hira; Chang, Long; Kim, Sangsik; Kim, Myoung-Hwan

doi:10.1515/nanoph-2022-0339

Title: Coupled surface plasmon–phonon polariton nanocavity arrays for enhanced mid-infrared absorption

Journal Article · Mon Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Nanophotonics (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2022-0339· OSTI ID:1893729

Kachiraju, Satya R. ^[1];

^[2]; Ahmad, Imtiaz ^[3]; Farooq, Hira ^[3]; Chang, Long ^[4];

^[5];

^[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)

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.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359; 89233218CNA000001; NA0003525; ECCS-2025227

OSTI ID:: 1893729

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-22-768-SQMS; oai:inspirehep.net:2167218; TRN: US2310225

Journal Information:: Nanophotonics (Online), Vol. 11, Issue 20; ISSN 2192-8614

Publisher:: de GruyterCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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