• 文献标题:   Nanofocusing of hybrid plasmons-phonons-polaritons in a graphene-hexagonal boron nitride heterostructure
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHU BF, REN GB, WU BL, GAO YX, LI HS, JIAN SS
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  • 出版物名称:   OPTICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0146-9592 EI 1539-4794
  • 通讯作者地址:   Beijing Jiaotong Univ
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1364/OL.41.004578
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

In this Letter, we investigate the nanofocusing of hybrid plasmons-phonons-polaritons (SPP-HPhPs) in a graphene-hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) heterostructure with a graphene coating on a tapered h-BN slab. Compared with the hyperbolic phonon polariton (HPhP) in h-BN, the hybrid SPP-HPhP in a heterostructure exhibits much smaller losses, which is validated through both analytical and numerical methods. Furthermore, the thickness dependent dispersions of a hybrid SPP-HPhP enable the tapered heterostructure to achieve a function of focusing electromagnetic waves. Compared with the tapered h-BN slab, the field enhancement in a tapered heterostructure is improved evidently with a maximum enhancement of the amplitude of normalized electric field over 60. This nanofocusing scheme may have potential in applications such as nonlinear optics. (C) 2016 Optical Society of America