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Sub-diffractional volume-confined polaritons in the natural hyperbolic material hexagonal boron nitride

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  • Joshua D. Caldwell

    (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

  • Andrey V. Kretinin

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester)

  • Yiguo Chen

    (The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London
    National University of Singapore)

  • Vincenzo Giannini

    (The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London)

  • Michael M. Fogler

    (University of California San Diego)

  • Yan Francescato

    (The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London)

  • Chase T. Ellis

    (NRC Postdoctoral Fellow (residing at NRL))

  • Joseph G. Tischler

    (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

  • Colin R. Woods

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester)

  • Alexander J. Giles

    (NRC Postdoctoral Fellow (residing at NRL))

  • Minghui Hong

    (National University of Singapore)

  • Kenji Watanabe

    (National Institute for Materials Science)

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    (National Institute for Materials Science)

  • Stefan A. Maier

    (The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London)

  • Kostya S. Novoselov

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester)

Abstract

Strongly anisotropic media, where the principal components of the dielectric tensor have opposite signs, are called hyperbolic. Such materials exhibit unique nanophotonic properties enabled by the highly directional propagation of slow-light modes localized at deeply sub-diffractional length scales. While artificial hyperbolic metamaterials have been demonstrated, they suffer from high plasmonic losses and require complex nanofabrication, which in turn induces size-dependent limitations on optical confinement. The low-loss, mid-infrared, natural hyperbolic material hexagonal boron nitride is an attractive alternative. Here we report on three-dimensionally confined ‘hyperbolic polaritons’ in boron nitride nanocones that support four series (up to the seventh order) modes in two spectral bands. The resonant modes obey the predicted aspect ratio dependence and exhibit high-quality factors (Q up to 283) in the strong confinement regime (up to λ/86). These observations assert hexagonal boron nitride as a promising platform for studying novel regimes of light–matter interactions and nanophotonic device engineering.

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  • Joshua D. Caldwell & Andrey V. Kretinin & Yiguo Chen & Vincenzo Giannini & Michael M. Fogler & Yan Francescato & Chase T. Ellis & Joseph G. Tischler & Colin R. Woods & Alexander J. Giles & Minghui Hon, 2014. "Sub-diffractional volume-confined polaritons in the natural hyperbolic material hexagonal boron nitride," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:5:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms6221
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6221
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