Phonon-polaritonics: enabling powerful capabilities for infrared photonics

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dc.contributor.authorFoteinopoulou, Stavroula
dc.contributor.authorDevarapu Ganga Chinna, Rao
dc.contributor.authorSubramania Ganapathi, S.
dc.contributor.authorKrishna, Sanjay
dc.contributor.authorWasserman, Daniel
dc.contributor.funderNational Science Foundationen
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-03T11:25:07Z
dc.date.available2019-12-03T11:25:07Z
dc.date.issued2019-09-17
dc.description.abstractHere, we review the progress and most recent advances in phonon-polaritonics, an emerging and growing field that has brought about a range of powerful possibilities for mid- to far-infrared (IR) light. These extraordinary capabilities are enabled by the resonant coupling between the impinging light and the vibrations of the material lattice, known as phonon-polaritons (PhPs). These PhPs yield a characteristic optical response in certain materials, occurring within an IR spectral window known as the reststrahlen band. In particular, these materials transition in the reststrahlen band from a high-refractive-index behavior, to a near-perfect metal behavior, to a plasmonic behavior – typical of metals at optical frequencies. When anisotropic they may also possess unconventional photonic constitutive properties thought of as possible only with metamaterials. The recent surge in two-dimensional (2D) material research has also enabled PhP responses with atomically-thin materials. Such vast and extraordinary photonic responses can be utilized for a plethora of unusual effects for IR light. Examples include sub-diffraction surface wave guiding, artificial magnetism, exotic photonic dispersions, thermal emission enhancement, perfect absorption and enhanced near-field heat transfer. Finally, we discuss the tremendous potential impact of these IR functionalities for the advancement of IR sources and sensors, as well as for thermal management and THz-diagnostic imaging.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNSF (grant ECCS-1609912)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationFoteinopoulou, S., Devarapu Ganga Chinna, R., Subramania Ganapathi, S., Krishna, S. and Wasserman, D. 2019. Phonon-polaritonics: enabling powerful capabilities for infrared photonics. Nanophotonics, 8(12), pp. 2129-2175. doi: 10.1515/nanoph-2019-0232en
dc.identifier.doi10.1515/nanoph-2019-0232en
dc.identifier.eissn2192-8614
dc.identifier.endpage2175en
dc.identifier.issued12en
dc.identifier.journaltitleNanophotonicsen
dc.identifier.startpage2129en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/9295
dc.identifier.volume8en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDe Gruyteren
dc.rights©2019 Stavroula Foteinopoulou et al., published by De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Public License. BY 4.0en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en
dc.subjectPhonon-polaritonsen
dc.subjectSuperabsorbersen
dc.subjectPhotonic crystalsen
dc.subjectInfrared lighten
dc.subjectPlasmonicsen
dc.subjectMetamaterialsen
dc.subjectTHz gapen
dc.titlePhonon-polaritonics: enabling powerful capabilities for infrared photonicsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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