Cavity effect of the Phonon-Polaritons in Graphene-Hexagonal boron nitride two-dimensional heterostructure

• Grant number: 18/05425-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: July 01, 2018
• End date: February 29, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Francisco Carlos Barbosa Maia
• Grantee: Flávio Henrique Feres
• Host Institution: Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM). Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The light-matter interaction in two-dimensional photonics crystals occur, primarily, via formation of polaritons, quasi-particules with sub-drifractional wavelength associated to material resonances like vibrations and free charge waves. In this investigation, we will study plasmons-polaritons of graphene (G), phonon-polaritons of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) and theplasmon-phonon-polariton hybridization the G-hBN heterostructure. Particularly, we will concentrate on the photonic properties of those polaritons created by stacking n layers of G-hBN[(G-hBN)n]. This investigation will be done using the nano-FTIR technique that, conceptually, derived from the Scattering-Scanning Near Field Optical Microscopy (sSNOM). In nano-FTIR, the large-band infrared radiation from the Brazilian Synchrotron Laboratory (LNLS) is focused at metallic coated tip (an atomic force microscope tip with radius ~25 nm) of the near field microscope. As a result, an evanescent optical field - the near-field -rises confined in the tip apex that is, then, transformed in to an broadband excitation source of 25 nm spatial resolution. Recently, we have succeeded at employing nano-FTIR to study hybrids polaritons in different systems of G-hBN. For the (G-hBN)n multilayer, we foresee to achieve control of the in- and out-of-plane polaritons associated waves by manipulating the number ofhBN layers. To that end, important photonic phenomena as wave interference and plasmon-phonon coupling will be addressed. Polarization control can also be obtained by choosing the substrate: a metallic substrate privileges out-of-plane hBN modes, while in-plane polarized modes are favored on dielectric substrates. This work will produce the first master-degree dissertation in nano-FTIR and presents directly impact on understanding of nanophotonics and heterostructures 2D. (AU)

Scientific publications

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FERES, FLAVIO H.; BARCELOS, INGRID D.; MAYER, RAFAEL A.; DOS SANTOS, THIAGO M.; FREITAS, RAUL O.; RASCHKE, MARKUS B.; BAHAMON, DARIO A.; MAIA, FRANCISCO C. B.. Dipole modelling for a robust description of subdiffractional polariton waves. NANOSCALE, v. 11, n. 44, p. 21218-21226, NOV 28 2019. (18/05425-3, 15/11779-4, 19/08818-9, 18/07276-5)

FERES, FLAVIO H.; MAYER, RAFAEL A.; BARCELOS, INGRID D.; FREITAS, RAUL O.; MAIA, FRANCISCO C. B.. Acceleration of Subwavelength Polaritons by Engineering Dielectric-Metallic Substrates. ACS PHOTONICS, v. 7, n. 6, p. 1396-1402, JUN 17 2020. (18/05425-3, 19/08818-9)

Academic Publications

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FERES, Flávio Henrique. Phonons polaritons cavity effect in two dimensional hBN and G-hBN heteroestructures. 2020. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas. Rio Claro Rio Claro.