Near-field detection of gate-tunable anisotropic plasmon polaritons in black phosphorus at terahertz frequencies

Eva A. A. Pogna (), Valentino Pistore, Leonardo Viti, Lianhe Li, A. Giles Davies, Edmund H. Linfield and Miriam S. Vitiello ()
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Eva A. A. Pogna: NEST, CNR - Istituto Nanoscienze and Scuola Normale Superiore
Valentino Pistore: NEST, CNR - Istituto Nanoscienze and Scuola Normale Superiore
Leonardo Viti: NEST, CNR - Istituto Nanoscienze and Scuola Normale Superiore
Lianhe Li: University of Leeds
A. Giles Davies: University of Leeds
Edmund H. Linfield: University of Leeds
Miriam S. Vitiello: NEST, CNR - Istituto Nanoscienze and Scuola Normale Superiore

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Polaritons in two-dimensional layered crystals offer an effective solution to confine, enhance and manipulate terahertz (THz) frequency electromagnetic waves at the nanoscale. Recently, strong THz field confinement has been achieved in a graphene-insulator-metal structure, exploiting THz plasmon polaritons (PPs) with strongly reduced wavelength (λp ≈ λ0/66) compared to the photon wavelength λ0. However, graphene PPs propagate isotropically, complicating the directional control of the THz field, which, on the contrary, can be achieved exploiting anisotropic layered crystals, such as orthorhombic black-phosphorus. Here, we detect PPs, at THz frequencies, in hBN-encapsulated black phosphorus field effect transistors through THz near-field photocurrent nanoscopy. The real-space mapping of the thermoelectrical near-field photocurrents reveals deeply sub-wavelength THz PPs (λp ≈ λ0/76), with dispersion tunable by electrostatic control of the carrier density. The in-plane anisotropy of the dielectric response results into anisotropic polariton propagation along the armchair and zigzag crystallographic axes of black-phosphorus. The achieved directional subwavelength light confinement makes this material system a versatile platform for sensing and quantum technology based on nonlinear optics.

Date: 2024
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